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- ID
- cx88
- Title
- "From My Garden — Advice for Those About to Prune."
- Genre
- Essay
- Page Count
- 1
- Word Count
- 1000
- Publisher
- Living
- Publication Year
- 1969
- Document Types
- Full-text Online
- Eads, Additions to
- Character: Mr Pimpkin(s)
- Topics
- Gardening
An essay that later appeared as part of chapter 8 in A Love of Flowers.
Advice on pruning, and reflections on the ways of hired gardeners epitomized by Bates's fictitious character "Mr. Pimpkins." who first appeared in a piece in 1942 entitled Mr Pimpkin Obliges!
In Living (February 1969, p. 6, attached).
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