Good quotation, great cover

The Bookish Gardener in an entry for 10 November 2003, remarks on the beauty of the cover and pulls some text from a book recently borrowed from the library, Time and the Gardener: writings on a lifelong passion (Elisabeth Sheldon). Bookish Gardener enjoyed this work far more than we did. Leaving this world by suddenly falling face down into the garden is the best thought in it, and the choice of the Redouté; nasturtium depiction for the cover is a touch of genius on somebody's part. Especially since they have lasted, and bloomed, throughout the winter in pots, we have grown very fond of the old-fashioned trailing nasturtiums in particular. The variety that's saffron in color with red-brown markins in the throat is very showy from a distance and goes well with the asclepias (orange butterfly weed) that mysteriously appeared in one pot and has also bloomed through this winter. We haven't wanted to cut any of these nasturtiums, but they make a pretty tabletop arrangement, both leaves and flowers, floating in a very shallow container as though they were lilypads and flowers.