Noel Kingsbury s Snippets Peter Chappell Stachyurus ïMagpieÍ, Prunus maackii and Daphne bholua ïDarjeelingÍ Paul Williams Carex buchananii Susie Pasley Tyler winter at Coton Manor, Northamptonshire Fenja Gunn ïTaking Over an Old GardenÍ Martin Wood ïKeeping ChristmasÍ Celia Fisher ïRetrospective A Look at Plants in Pre Raphaelite PaintingsÍ Betty Kershaw ïAndr_ GideÍs Garden BackgroundÍ Tom Petherick winter in a walled vegetable garden Tim Richardson ïThe Ghost in the GardenÍ Peter Parker Ponders... On My Bedside Table, by Erica Hunningher Charlotte Hare ïLandscape LondonÍ. Book reviews by Rob Cassy, Patricia Cleveland Peck and Frank Ronan.