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6-' Summer Cultivation '
F. W. COSTIN , N.D.H., F.R.H.S.
This afternoon Mr. Costin is to talk about the methods and objects of surface cultivation: rolling, hoeing, mulching, weeding, watering-this ]ast a thing that can be greatly overdone. In fact, a famous gardener has said that more mistakes are made in a garden with a watering-can and hosepipe than anything else, and that half the laborious watering that is done does a good deal more harm than good.
A soil that has been well dug and is well cultivated is in the right condition for drawing up water to the roots, and a surface that is hoed will
I keep the moisture from evaporating.
With the free use of the hoe plants can
: live through a very dry summer on the moisture in the ground.

Contributors

Unknown:
F. W. Costin

Songs sung by DODA CONRAD (baritone)
Deux epigrammes de Clement Marot
I. D'Anne qui me jecta de la neige ; 2. D'Anne jouant de 1'espinette
Sainte
Ronsard à son âme
Chanson populaire francaise
Les grands vents venus d'outre-mer
(Programme arranged with the collaboration of M. D. Calvocoressi )
See the article by M. D. Calvocoressi on page 8

Contributors

Sung By:
Doda Conrad
Unknown:
Clement Marot
Unknown:
I. D'Anne
Unknown:
M. D. Calvocoressi
Unknown:
M. D. Calvocoressi

' Sight-seeing' EILUNED LEWIS
Listeners who may be seeking a new kind of holiday have heard talks in this series on sailing, climbing, bicycling, walking, and caravanning ; but here is something less catalogued and more elusive. The artist, whether painter, sculptor, poet, author-anyone who creates-may see things with a different eye from others. The holiday which another may vote dull may-be delightful to the artist because of the aesthetic pleasure of the place which may be altogether without amusement.
And so Miss Eiluned Lewis , author of ' The Dew on the Grass', a story about children which won the Gold Medal of the Book Guild for the best novel of 1934, is to tell listeners this evening of those things that appealed to her on a holiday she once took.

Contributors

Unknown:
Eiluned Lewis
Unknown:
Miss Eiluned Lewis

' Insects and Flowers '
JAMES RITCHIE , D.Sc. (Regius Professor of Natural History in the University of Aberdeen)
The flood tide of insect life synchronises with the flood tide of foliage and flowers, and this evening Professor Ritchie is to discuss the association between flowers and insects and draw attention to the association of particular insects with particular flowers. It is no accident that the bumble-bee is partial to the snapdragon-its bulk is required to fertilise it; and it is no accident that the flower opening out at night is pale and sweet-scented to attract the moth.
In his talk on life in a wasps' nest
Professor Ritchie remarked on the significance of the fact that the citadel is at full strength at the time of the year when there is abundance of food for the young citizens. Every grub carried to the wasps' nest is the potential destroyer of a flower, and, with every caterpillar carried in, a double service is performed.

Contributors

Unknown:
James Ritchie

by Clifford Bax
Characters, in order of speaking:
(By permission of London Film Productions, Ltd.)

The Scene: Athens circa 400 B.C., alternating from a corner of the Lyceum to a room in the house of Agathon, a court-yard round the house of Socrates, a grassy slope near the city, the Law Court and the Prison

Contributors

Writer:
Clifford Bax
Producer:
Barbara Burnham
Meletus, a Poet:
Ronald Simpson
Archilochus, Father of Agathon:
J.B. Rowe
Agathon, a young Playwright:
Hubert Gregg
Alcibiades, the Athenian General:
Leslie Perrins
Socrates:
Cedric Hardwicke
Aristophanes, the Playwright:
Miles Malleson
Cebes, a Disciple of Socrates:
John Richmond
Simmias, another:
Richard Ainley
Eryximachus, a Doctor:
Walter Piers
Euthenoe, a Flute-Girl:
Cherry Cottrell
Xantippe, Wife to Socrates:
Gladys Young
Anytus, a Tanner:
John Glyn-Jones
Lycon, an Orator:
Neal Arden
Crito, an old Disciple of Socrates:
Cecil Trouncer
Phaedo, another young Disciple:
Eric Berry
An Officer of the Law Court:
Leslie Perrins
A Jailor:
Charles Barrett

(Section F)
Led by LAURANCE TURNER
Conducted by JULIAN CLIFFORD
MARK HAMBOURG (pianoforte) ORCHESTRA MARK HAMBOURG AND ORCHESTRA
Mark Hambourg 's performance this evening will be the second time he has broadcast for the BBC. The first broadcast was on April i last year, when he gave a solo recital from the studio.
He made his début in England as a pianist in 1890, when he was ten years of age, and soon became the favourite infant prodigy of the time. Since then he has built up a great reputation. ORCHESTRA

Contributors

Unknown:
Laurance Turner
Conducted By:
Julian Clifford
Pianoforte:
Mark Hambourg
Unknown:
Mark Hambourg

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National Programme is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 9th March 1930 and ended on the 9th September 1939. It was replaced by BBC Home Service.

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