Liz Robinson s Snippets Indispensable Plants by Derek Fraser Jenkins, Bill Malecki, Odile Masquelier and Pamela Schwerdt (former joint head gardener at Sissinghurst) Beth Chatto putting plant ecology into garden design William Tait a walk by the pond at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh Tim Longville a celebration of artist Robin Tanner and his wife, Heather John Francis a visit to the roses at Mottisfont Abbey in Hampshire Jane Allsopp Coughton Court, Warwickshire Marie Ingram the Rockefeller gardens at Kykuit, New York Anthea Gibson a private nursery and garden in Tuscany Derek Toms raging at modern gardens Anthony Lambert birds in gardens Graham Stuart Thomas An Essayist in the Garden Peter Parker Pondersƒ Mirabel Osler an open letter to the editor on the tenth anniversary of HORTUS Book reviews by Judith Tankard and Karin Hiscock