Gillian Mawrey s Snippets John Kelly a quirky commentary on the state of garden design today Judith Tankard ïWilliam Robinson and the Art of the BookÍ Dawn MacLeod re reading Gertrude Jekyll Andrew MacHugh The Croft and the Old Parsonage, two gardens near Manchester Roger Hudson ïGardens and the Grand TourÍ Marie Ingram Theodore Payne _ part two of a major survey of an English horticulturist in California Sheila Cosgrove Ryoan ji, a Zen garden in Japan Philippa Rakusen Harlow Carr and Ling Beeches in autumn Jane Sterndale Bennett her Hampshire garden on chalk in autumn Barbara Abbs the suburban gardener Hazel Le Rougetel the artistry of court florist, R. F. Felton (1862 1947) Jim Gould on seeing colour in the garden after a cataract operation A.T.Johnson on ground cover Timothy Ribbesford An Essayist in the Garden Peter Parker Ponders... Book reviews by Ronald Blythe, Gillian Mawrey, Dawn MacLeod and Liz Robinson.