H.E. Bates Companion

One of four by Bates in a series called "Gardens of Ideas" (preceded by "Undersoil Heating for Sub-Tropical Treasures" and "Growing 4,400 Alpines in Birmingham," and followed by "Jungle Rarities in Norfolk." Bates reports on his visit to the Wiltshire garden of Cecil Beaton, fashion photographer and stage and film designer, and a winter conservatory that reflects a "man of great taste, much sensitivity." In the Daily Telegraph Magazine (London, March 29, 1968, pp. 36-38).