This is a book to read and reread, to cherish always, a book to give only to one's choicest friends, for here the author of "Magic Gardens" has recaptured with infinite charm the mystery and lure of gardens, the fascination that green and growing things have held for untold centuries, the delightful background that makes the thought of gardens one of peace and happiness to all of us, year in year out.
In this volume Mrs Clarkson writes of the monastary gardens of medieval times, the beginnings of the flower garden. She tells us of the Herbs of Beauty that were set aside as flowers; of the old-time fragrant favourites we grow today; of olden beliefs and gardening tools, the witches' garden, and of plants that never were.