'Tradescant's Diary': Hugh Johnson; Tim Longville: 'A Beauty - or a Beast? Pollia Japonica; Lorrain Harrison: 'Plants That Die Beautifully'; Charles Nelson: 'The Pleasure of Manavilins: Graham Stuart Thomas in Ireland'; Andrew Wenham: 'The Secret Hiding Place: What Sparks our Passion for Garden Design?'; Isabel Soares De Albergaria: 'Gardens of Sao Miguel, The Azores'; Rosemary Lindsay: 'Letter from Iceland'; Katie Campbell: 'By Man or By God? Torrecchia Vecchia, Lazio'; Marta McDowell: 'The Garden off the Dining Room: Emily Dickinson's Conservatory'; Linda Jane Holden: 'The Gardens of Bunny Mellon'; Tim Longville: 'The Delight in Common Objects: Gardens and Plants in Life and Letters of Mary Russell Mitford. Part Two: Fame and Strain'; Charles Elliott: 'Hedges and Hedge-layers'; Tom Petherick: 'From the Home Patch'; Sam Llewellyn: 'Digging with the Duchess: The Exterminating Angel'; Book Review: Tim Longville on Travellers in Ottoman Lands: The Botanical Legacy edited by Ines Asceric-Todd, Sabina Knees, Janet Starkey and Paul Starkey.