9 JUNE 1973, page 19

Science

Forgotten but not gone Bernard Dixon There's no more depressing spectacle than the compulsory retirement of someone who has retained to the full both professional skills and a......

Country Life

The writing lark Peter Quince There are gains as well as losses in the fluctuations of the wild-life Population. Not so many years ago, the yellow-hammer was one of the......

Gardening

Flowerdeluce Denis Wood In June, when the days are still lengthening, before the summer settles itself into its longuers of roses, phlox and delphiniums, the most beautiful......