24 SEPTEMBER 1948, page 14

Music

THE Proms ended on Saturday night, in a traditional orgy of crooning and hand-clapping, applause and mutual compliments. It was a successful season by all accounts (I deserted......

In The Garden

Seasons are strangely upset: with me a bush of Laurustinus is now in the fullest flower on the south side, and flowers are plentiful on Viburnum Fragrans, Cydonia Japonica,......

The Hunt And The Trap A Private Member's Bill On

the extinction of certain field sports, especially the hunting of the fox, happens to coincide with a greatly increased membership of the British Field Sports Society at 3 St.......

Edible Berries On The Subject Of Hedgerow Berries We Are

still being urged—and with wisdom—to collect more and more briar hips. Further study on their chemical make-up has, it seems, enhanced their value as providers of vitamin C and......

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Country Life

OUR country people ; who have so much rural knowledge on many subjects that they may seem to possess an instinctive or hereditary acquaintance, have nevertheless some surprising......