Liz Robinson s Snippets Katherine Swift hyacinths and a personal memoir Tim Longville gardening with half hardy plants in spring Robin Whalley an exploration of the garden pavilions at Montacute House, Somerset Martin Wood ïGlorious DitchleyÍ (part three of Nancy Lancaster and her gardens) Barbara Paul Robinson gardens open to the public in the USA Jo Munro A Sense of Place, part one of a story about a New Zealand garden John Akeroyd An Essayist in the Garden Peter Parker Pondersƒ On My Bedside Table, by Rory Stuart. Book reviews by Ursula Buchan, Judith Tankard, Tim Longville and Trevor Nottle. Index to issues 45-48.