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The Garden
October 2006
Volume 131; Part 10

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COVER
The front cover of the October 2006 issue of The Garden Echinops ritro (small globe thistle) with Hordeum jubatum capture the essence of late-summer borders (pp676-81)
Image: Andrew Lawson

In Contact
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663
News 666
Letters 673
Tradescant's Diary 675
End-of-season attractions
A celebration of late-summer borders
MARINA CHRISTOPHER
676
An appetite for apples
Preserving heritage orchids
MARTIN FISH
682
Mizmazing
Mount Ephraim Garden ‘maze’, Kent
ANDREW WILSON
686
Islamic oasis
Al-Azhar Park, Cairo
TOBY MUSGRAVE
690
Plants with Personality
The unhurried pleasures of growing trees
ROY LANCASTER
694
The promise of Pitmuies
An evolving garden
JO WHITTINGHAM
696
Reflections - What is a garden for?
Guilty pleasure, status symbol and a lesson in biodiversity… what gardens mean to five people outside the horticultural industry
DIANE ABBOTT MP, RAY BILLINGTON, EVAN DAVIS, JAMES DYSON, SANDRA KNAPP
702
Viewpoint
Age before beauty?
JAMES ALEXANDER SINCLAIR
708
RHS Help and Advice 710

Compass
Garden visiting across the UK (download as a pdf 168KB)
Each issue also comes with a pull-out booklet Diary of Events
To download a pdf version click here (306KB)

716
Book reviews 720
Last words
...but for us, the apple
LIN HAWTHORNE
722

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