Rupert and the Dragon Fly, a story specially written by Alfred Bestall for the 1962 Rupert Annual, commenced on 2nd July.
Mr Bear has his horticultural interests inspired by a poster for a Rose Show.
Rupert and Niagara finished the day before after 36 episodes.
Rupert has an interesting adventure with his chum Gregory, resulting in him having to get Gregory out of a number of scrapes.