14 OCTOBER 1955, page 35

Hardy Cyclamens

The more hardy sort of cyclamens are wonderfully decorative things to plant round trees. The neapolitanutris should be put in in ' autumn and left alone thereafter apart from a......

Country Life

BY IAN NIALL THE lawnmower has been put away and the hedge no longer needs trimming. In a little while we may find ourselves with material for a bonfire, but, if we wait, even......

New Novels

JUSTIN BAYARD. By Jon Cleary. (Collins, 12s. 6d.) THE TIGRESS ON THE HEARTH. By Margery Sharp. (Collins, 10s. 6d.) 'Ten general impression was sandy. . . . Over the shaven upper......

The Reluctant Scholar

E. was in a reminiscent mood, prompted by the ringing of the school bell. A small boy went past, dragged almost on tiptoe by his tight-lipped mother. 'When I, was a little lad,'......

Birds And Berries

'We have a somewhat untidy blackberry hedge on one side of our back garden, and blackbirds search the ground below for fallen, ripe berries,' writes Mr. S. Bone, of Wembley......

Chess

BY PHILIDOR No. 19. CONRAD ERLIN BLACK, 10 men. WHITE to play and mate in 2 moves: solution next week. Solution to last week's problem by Libby: B-Kt 4, waiting. Peculiarly......