7 OCTOBER 1949, Page 18

In the Garden

Charles Lamb—si foret in Terris—would rejoice to find at his beloscd Mackerye, or Mackerel, End, by Harpenden, in Hertfordshire a nursery garden of exceptional quality, set up by a great London surgeon. 14.3 called " Hollybush " ; and shows among other things that a commcrcal garden may be beautiful as well as useful and that a catalogue can he consistent with certain literary graces and English names. An area of approximately one acre is laid out as a comely garden in order that visitors may have help in planning their gardens in all its departments, in shruls, herbaceous border, water garden and rock garden, as well as in choosing