| PART I |
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| A VIEW OF ENGLAND |
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| I. | The Spirit of Gardens | [3] |
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| II. | The Garden of England: The Patchwork Quilt | [10] |
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| III. | A Country Lane: A Memory from Abroad | [18] |
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| IV. | Fields | [23] |
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| V. | Episode of the Contented Tailor | [27] |
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| VI. | The Bluebell Wood and the Calm Stone Dog | [35] |
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| VII. | The Tailor’s Sister’s Tombstone | [42] |
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| VIII. | The Cottage Garden | [54] |
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| IX. | A Feast of Wild Strawberries | [64] |
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| X. | The Praises of a Country Life | [71] |
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| PART II |
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| GARDENS AND HISTORY |
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| I. | The Roman Garden in England | [75] |
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| II. | St. Fiacre, Patron Saint of Gardeners and Cab-Drivers | [88] |
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| III. | Evelyn’s “Sylva” | [96] |
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| PART III |
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| | KALENDARIUM HORTENSE | [108] |
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| PART IV |
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| GARDEN MOODS |
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| I. | Town Gardens | [151] |
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| II. | The Effect of Trees | [163] |
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| III. | A Lover of Gardens | [182] |
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| IV. | Of the Crown of Thorns | [185] |
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| V. | Of Apples | [187] |
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| VI. | Of the First Gardener | [189] |
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| VII. | Of the First Roses | [191] |
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| VIII. | Of the Abbey Garden | [193] |
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| IX. | The Olympian Aspect | [195] |
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| X. | Evening Red and Morning Grey | [204] |
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| XI. | Garden Promises | [213] |
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| XII. | Garden Paths | [220] |
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| XIII. | The Gardens of the Dead | [233] |