Stephen Lacey s Snippets Audrey Le Livre violas and violets in gardens, in the wild and in history Nigel Holman more magnolias Barbara Segall history and cultivation of ivy and holly Dawn MacLeod Ian Hamilton Finlay and his garden at Little Sparta in Lanarkshire, Scotland Charlotte Osborne on her garden in Shropshire Patrick Taylor European gardens Alastair Martin gardens in the rain Charles Quest Ritson the gardens at Monserrate in Portugal Richard Mabey British endemic plants Mirabel Osler gardens of Mogul India Umberto Quattrocchi Christmas in a Sicilian garden John Francis Gardens in Fiction _ Guiseppi di Lampedusa Jo Dunn plant hunting in the British countryside Ronald Blythe An Essayist in the Garden. Book reviews by Stephen Haw, Liz Robinson and Audrey Le Livre.