The Garden Magazine, April, 1923 
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Reproduced from “Home Landscapes ”, Plate V. 
DAFFODILS HELP TO GIVE THE GLORY OF THE SPRING” 
“On coming to deal with this there was a bare yellow margin of beaten earth around it; no grace of waterside flower or shrub, 
and one of those cockney-conceived islands in the middle. We had to empty the pond to get this away, and then came the 
planting with things natural to the waterside, Flag, Reed, and Loosestrife. No tender plants of any kind were used, or those 
requiring any protection.” So Mr. Robinson describes (“Home Landscapes”, page 5) his part in this lovely scene at Gravetye 
