"From My Garden — Elegance Without Fuss."

An essay that later appeared as part of chapter 5 in A Love of Flowers.

A paean to fuchsias, including Bates's opinion that "the femininity of fuchsias is responsible for their great popularity. Their flowers are truly precursors of the mini-skirt. Under the butterfly-like frock of petals hang the brief corollas from which protrude the long, elegant, delicate legs of stamens."

In Living (London, November 1969, 3:10, p. 8, attached).