H.E. Bates Companion

One of four by Bates in a series called "Gardens of Ideas" (preceded by "Undersoil Heating for Sub-Tropical Treasures," "Growing 4,400 Alpines in Birmingham," and "Conservatory Revived"). Bates reports on his visit to the 30-acre garden of Maurice Mason, a farmer and the collector of some 20,000 species of plants gathered during his worldwide travels. In the Daily Telegraph Magazine (London, April 10, 1968, pp.42-45).