... Remember the Queen Mother, definitely matronly, but full of dignity and poise. Could a thin woman examine a rose at the Chelsea Flower Show with such warmth and such charm One wonders would history have been different had the future Duchess of Windsor been ...

... petals edged pink, and Ena Harkness (1946), rich glowing red, share the honours, leaving the others far behind. At the Chelsea Flower Show this May there was, as ever, the new sensation among roses. It was called Happiness, a red hybrid tea rose, still a ...

... A House Restored YV7HEN bombs fell on Sloane Avenue, Chelsea, a few years ago, ruined shells remained of houses so shattered that only a few tottering walls still stood. On the site of one of them this new house has been erected to the design of Mr. Theodore ...

... everywhere. The bed cover of patchwork chintz which Miss Gill made herself shows a medley of carefully toned colours against a rose damask surround. Another view of the guest room shows the long, beautifully proportioned windows with their candy-pink and white ...

... before he deserted No. 180 Ebury Street, where Mozart lived during his stay in this country as a child No. 4 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, home of George Eliot for a very brief spell Mrs. Patrick Campbell lived and entertained the elite of her oum era at No. 33 ...

... life for women. Being a grandmother reminds me at every turn of something which I overheard at one of the glorious Chelsea Flower Shows a woman entranced before a display of sweet pea saying joyfully And the best of it is, anyone can grow them Anyone ...

... talking to someone in the hall. If you '11 wait here, Sir, I '11 speak to Mrs. Winterton. Must be a patient, and there were no flowers in the waiting-room and the magazines were not laid out in rows. Why hadn't Millie just told him that Paul would not be back ...