"From My Garden — Later & Later Joys."

An essay that later appeared as part of chapter 9 in A Love of Flowers.

Bates writes of his pleasure in a garden that continues to be rich well into the fall.

In the process, he compares gardening to women: "This indeed is the year's fruition: ripeness is all. Therefore don't be mingy. Be bold; plant in massive, generous groups; and above all avoid lines. Gardens indeed should be like lovely, well-shaped girls: all curves, secret corners, unexpected deviations, seductive surprises and then still more curves; and at last, of course, satisfaction of senses, heart and eye."

In Living (London, February 1970, 4:2, p. 11, attached).