24 JULY 1953, page 13

Country Life

LOOKING at the surrounding countryside, with so many bare hills and slopes where nothing but heather grows, one might think that the woods have always been confined to the sides......

The Codlin Menace

The codlin moth maggot is a biter, and a midsummer menace. Spray with D.D.T. weekly for three weeks to kill him off when he has infedted fruit. Tie sacking round the trunk,......

The Yellow Lawn

W. is a man for getting a bargain and going the cheapest way about things. When he sowed his lawn he remarked to me about the price of grass seed and I imagined that he had, as......

Old Roads

Since traffic on main highways is of necessity faster; a great deal of trouble has been taken to " iron " out the bends and it is harder to see the meandering course of man's......

Music

The Proms EVERY year, just when the musical journalist's brain is finally emptied of its last idea after an almost unbroken ten months' season of seven concerts a week, the......

The Night Air

When I was small it was continually being impreskd upon me that I must beware of the night air. The mist at nightfall could bring a chill that might easily lead to a serious......

The 6pertator , Nip 230 1853 The Tempestuous Weather Of Last

week caused many disasters both by land and sea. From many parts of the country come sad accounts of waste of property by floods—hay washed away, growing crops spoilt, and......

Festival At Lyons

LYONS with its warmth and generosity and delicious food over- whelms its Northern visitors with la douceur de vivre. As a contrast, the retrospective Picasso Exhibition is......