4 SEPTEMBER 1953, page 17

Moths And Butterflies.

Conditions this summer have suited moths and butterflies alike, for I have never seen so many about the garden or round the windows at bedtime. Each summer we are invaded by......

A Change Of Scene.

We recently spent a couple of weeks away from home—on holiday in the next county—but still in sight of the same range of mountains. The air was different and the scene was frAh,......

Country Life

THE shorn hayfield is still recovering from the passage of the rake and the reaper. The rain has soaked through into the ground and the clover leaves are helping to keep the......

A Garden Plan.

My favourite bulb catalogue has arrived and I am tempted again at the sight of wonderful blooms of daffodil and narcissus, but the exact location of earlier plantings being......

A Playful Stoat.

My grandfather would never allow anyone to molest a stoat that showed itself close to the farm buildings. He believed they did more good than harm and made it law that they were......