20 MARCH 1953, Page 16

SPECTATOR COMPETITION No.162

Set by Richard Usborne Describe evocatively four of the following_ smells : one of the main tents at the Chelsea Flower Show on the third day during a thunder- storm ; a cricket pavilion that has just been opened again after the winter ; a basket full of puppies" in clean straw ; a French cafe at 10 a.m. ; a London fog ; a poinegranate ; a country house (at which you pre a guest) dining-room into'which you come for breakfast on Sunday in February ; a furrier's shop. Limit 200 words.

Entries must be addressed to the Spectator, 99 Gower Sreet, London, W.C.1, in envelopes marked " Competition," and must be received not later than April 1st. Results will be published in the Spectator of April 10th.