CONTENTS 

 PART I 



A VIEW OF ENGLAND 



PAGE 



I. THE SPIRIT OF GARDENS 3 



II. THE GARDEN OF ENGLAND: THE PATCHWORK 



QUILT 10 



III. A COUNTRY LANE : A MEMORY FROM ABROAD 18 



IV. FIELDS 23 



V. EPISODE OF THE CONTENTED TAILOR 27 

 VI. THE BLUEBELL WOOD AND THE CALM STONE DOG 35 



VII. THE TAILOR'S SISTER'S TOMBSTONE 42 



VIII. THE COTTAGE GARDEN 54 



IX. A FEAST OF WILD STRAWBERRIES 64 



X. THE PRAISES OF A COUNTRY LIFE 71 



PART II 



GARDENS AND HISTORY 



I. THE ROMAN GARDEN IN ENGLAND 75 

 II. ST. FIACRE, PATRON SAINT OF GARDENERS AND 



CAB-DRIVERS 88 



III. EVELYN'S "SYLVA" 96 



