Gillian Mawrey s Snippets Indispensable Plants by Jane Taylor, Nick Campbell, Liz Robinson and Bill Malecki Jonathan Bell willows Diana Ross about her own London garden Derek Toms Sparoza, a garden in Greece Sheila Cosgrove Chinese influence on Japanese garden design Andrew MacHugh Anne Pratt, an English florist (1806 1893) Roger Turner the mystery of the Irish spurge Marie Ingram the life of Lester Rowntree (1879 1979) in California (part one of three) Timothy Walker the University of Oxford Botanic Garden in autumn Kathleen Sayer Kellie CastleÍs garden in Scotland in autumn Mirabel Osler an affectionate memoir of Nancy Lancaster Dawn MacLeod An Essayist in the Garden John Francis Gardens in Fiction _ Nancy Mitford Peter Parker Pondersƒ Book reviews by Katherine Swift and Patricia Cleveland Peck.