References
1) Bullion, A.L., ‘Hestercombe House Gardens' (unpublished article, 31 January 1968).
2) Jekyll, Gertrude, Wood and Garden (London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1914), p.205.
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Particular thanks to Madeleine Pickthorne for access to her papers, plans and photograph collection; for tracing and supplying interview contacts; for additional reporting; and for her many helpful comments.
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