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Old 09-02-2005, 05:56 PM
jane
 
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On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 16:39:53 +0000, Sacha
wrote:

~On 9/2/05 1:18 pm, in article , "Janet
~Tweedy" wrote:
~
~ In article , jane
~ writes
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~
~ who was it who said (roughly) "however small one's garden, one should
~ always put aside half an acre or so for woodland"?
~
~ Think it was either C E Lucas-Phillips or Vita SW
~
~I thought it was G Jekyll?

Bingo! Gertrude it was...

"It is important that even in the very smallest garden, not less than
an acre must be reserved for trees."

Knew I was only getting the paraphrase very roughly!


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jane

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone,
you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
Mark Twain

Please remove onmaps from replies, thanks!