Professor M gardens on the greensand ridge in Bedfordshire and tells me she is plagued by rabbits.
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Some ideas, finding their way into the mind, attach themselves like chewing gum to every passing thought, and so it is with me with respect to drainage, the subject of my last (note 262).
I find myself caught in a dilemma in respect of the plants used by the King’s gardener Capability Brown. On the one hand, Dr L writes from Essex to ask for more practical detail, as she is encouraging her students to consult the Brown Advisor. On the other hand Mr R of Finsbury Park, London, would prefer a deeper, more abstract, probe into the meaning of the formidable Capability Brown, if there be such.
300 frequently asked questions about Brown, your queries answered, copyright The Brown Advisor.
I have in hand a response to my note 98, naturally concerning the landscapes of that non-pareil Capability Brown. The excellent Professor M of the Home Counties, close-shaven himself, takes the view that these were altogether smooth and had no wildness in them.
I hear the question, did the gardener, Capability Brown, build race-courses?
The Ha-ha Hero has responded to my notes 58 and 80 on extent, to ask why enclosure is so difficult to understand.
M. de Braun (no relation) writes from Paris to point out that besides Versailles, André Le Nôtre laid out the Champs Elysée.