Lloyd, Nathaniel: Garden Craftmanship in Yew and Box (1925) 124 Lockerbie, Dumfries & Galloway: bombing 210 London Evening Standard 184 Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA 143,

279 Lugano, Lake, Switzerland 54 Lutyens, Sir Edwin (1869–1944) 247; L.

exhibition 124 Lysichiton 191

Macon-Vinzelles wine 177 Magnolia acuminata 143 Mahler, Gustav: Das Lied von der Erde (‘Song of the Earth’) 78 Malins, Prof. John (1915–1992) 162 manipulation 159 maple 130; red m. 137; sugar m. 137; maple s. 137 Marceau, Marcel 225 Marlborough House, London 264 Marshall, Alastair 229, 254 Marshall, Jeremy (grandson) 229 Marshall, Mary (née Chatto) (younger daughter) 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 47, 50, 53, 59, 63, 69, 82, 116, 176, 189, 215, 229, 253, 254, 261, 276, 288; psychotherapy 254; wedding 98, 101 Marshall, Thomas (1980–1995) (grandson)

116, 229 Massachusetts, USA 130; M. Horticultural

Society 140 McCartney, Sir Paul 237 McCartney, Lady Linda (1941–1998) 237 Mcdonnell, Beverley 222 McGourty, Fred (1936–2006) 130, 136, 137,

139, 278 Meierhof, Laufen, Germany 151 Melbourne, Australia 9, 222, 250 Merchants Millpond State Park, Gatesville,

NC 143, 144, 144 Mesembryanthemum 223 Middleton, Sir George 192 Miller, Sir Jonathan 182 Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Chaska,

MN 227 Miscanthus 157, 166, 184, 272; M. ‘Beth Chatto’

252 Moore, Julie 145 Morocco 69 Morris, Sir Cedric (1889–1982) 56, 57, 59, 59,

60, 60, 62, 63, 65, 70, 78, 81, 112, 112, 114, 114, 120, 141, 161, 168, 173, 179, 107, 234, 267, 278 Morris Minor Traveller van 70 Mortimer, Penelope 178 Mozart 79; Prague Symphony 227 Muscari azureum 123

Narcissus 62, 263; N. ‘Cedric Morris’ 179, 194;

N. elegans 132; N. serotinus 132; N. viridiflorus 132 Nash, John (1893–1977) 63, 81; hellebore drawing 81, 120 Nash, Paul (1889–1946) 50 National Arts Club, New York 134 National Geographic 141 National Portrait Gallery, London 259 National Trust 169, 277 Nayland, Suffolk 68 Nerine, pure white 208 New England, USA 141 New Perennial movement 270 New York Botanical Garden 159, 276, 277 New York Horticultural Society 130, 131,

280; city gardens 131; community garden projects 134; poster for Beth Chatto lecture 133; vegetable plot 132 New Zealand 217, 218, 222; North Island 222;

South Island 223 New Zealand Horticultural Society 259;

Canterbury Chapter 259 Newark, New Jersey 131 NHK (Japanese broadcasting network) 264

Noisette brothers (Louis Claude N.

(1772–1849) & Philippe N.) 163 North Africa 53 North Carolina, USA 130, 143 North Carolina Botanical Society 130, 288 North Carolina State University, Raleigh,

NC 160 North Carolina Wildflower Preservation

Society, Ahoskie, NC 143, 145 Northumberland 191 Notcutt, Charles (1934–2015) 103 Notcutts Nurseries, Woodbridge, Suffolk

103, 166 Nottingham, Notts. 229, 254

oak 44, 66, 201, 204, 211; Big Oak 172 Oban, Argyll & Bute, Scotland 69 OBE (Order of the British Empire) 257, 258 Olbrich, Marshall (1920-91)157, 278 Olympic Park, London SEE Queen Elizabeth

Olympic Park Oman, Julia Trevelyan (1930-2003) 259 Onopordum acanthium 102 orchid, butterfly 187; fragrant o. 187; marsh o.

187; spotted o. 187; wild o. 188, 189 organic gardening 184, 238, 245, 259;

o. vegetable growing 238, 256 Oudolf, Anja 185, 208 Oudolf, Piet 185, 199, 208, 251, 270, 288

Pachyphragma macrophyllum 124 Pachysandra 135; P. p ro c umbens 143 Paeonia (peony) 53; P. mlokosewitschii

(“Molly the Witch”) 81 Page, Gerard 201, 211, 220, 221, 260, 288 Page, Keith 129, 163, 211, 219, 288 Pagels, Ernst (1913–2007) 183, 184, 251, 272,

278; nursery, Leer, Ostfriesland, Germany 271 Papaver orientale ‘Cedric Morris’ (“Cedric’s

Dirty Pink Poppy” 81; P.o. ‘Lauffeuer’ 272 Pardue, Larry 131, 133, 159, 278 Park Farm, Elmstead Market, Essex 74, 82,

127; reservoir 211 Pasley, Anthony ‘Tony’ du Gard (1929–2009)

223, 224, 225, 277 Paston, Emily SEE Allard, Emily Paterson, Allen 162, 163 Pauillac, Gironde, France 109 Pavord, Anna 232 pea 21; ‘Hurst Green Shaft’ p. 196 Peacock, David 229 pear, English dessert 25; p. ‘Williams’ Bon

Chrétien’ 115 Pearson, Dan 102, 248, 262, 268, 288 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society,

Philadelphia, PA 130, 140, 141 Penstemon ‘Sour Grapes’ 169; P. ‘Stapleford

Gem’ 169 Pepper, Jane 141, 279 perennials, herbaceous 93, 184; tender p. 256 Persicaria bistorta 63 Philadelphia, PA 130, 140; Philadelphia Flower

Show 278 Phlomis tuberosa ‘Amazone’ 272 Phlox 157, 202 Phygelius aequalis ‘Yellow Trumpet’ 156 Phytolacca 143 Picture Post 39 Pluygers, Hendrik Jan ‘Hans’ (1886–1976) 74,

75, 78, 82, 89, 95, 98, 127, 147, 152, 155, 181, 199, 211, 215, 216, 229, 230, 231; death 266; travels with Beth 74, 79, 118, 118, 157, 177 Pluygers, ‘Hans’ Junior 89 Polygonatum × hybridum ‘Betberg’ 272 Polygonum 54 Polystichum munitum 136 polytunnel 90, 99, 99 Pontice, Mary 53 Pope, Mary 42 Portland, OR 226 prairies 123; prairie-style planting 280

Preussler, Isbert 117, 118, 174, 264, 272 Price, Sarah 269 primrose 43, 89; p. ‘Marie Crousse’ 89 Primula 146, 191 Prince Andrew (later Duke of York) 156 Prince Charles, Prince of Wales 233, 257,

258, 258, 264, 279; ‘Garden Party to Make a Difference’ 264; Prince’s Charities Foundation 264 Prince Michael of Kent 156 Princess Anne, Princess Royal 101, 156, 166 Princess Grete Sturdza (1915-2009) 177 Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

(1930-2002)156 Princess Mary, Princess Royal (1897–1965) 46 Princess Michael of Kent 101, 156 Pryke, Raymond 254 Pulmonaria 202; P. r ub ra ‘David Ward’

(‘Beth’s Cream Edge’) 270

Queen Elizabeth II 96, 101, 166, 182, 257 Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother

(1900–2002) 156, 157 Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London 270

Radlett, Herts. 13, 24 Rakusen, Arnold 200 Rakusen, Philippa ‘Pippa’ (1922–2006) 81,

200, 201 Raleigh, NC 130, 145, 275 Ramparts Nursery, Colchester 42, 81, 84 Ramsay, Magnus 191 Rannoch Moor, Highland 189 Robson, Eric 245 Raulston, James Chester ‘J.C.’ (1940–1996)

130, 160, 279 Reader’s Digest 124 Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk 172 Rheum 90, 149; R. palmatum 183 Rhododendron 149, 191, 201, 224 Rhys, Jean (1890–1979) 50 Richardson, Dorothy (1873–1957) 50 Roberts, Clare 180, 181 Rochford, Betty 90 Rochford, Thomas (1904–1989) 90, 93 Roger, Alan (1909–1997) 186, 187, 190, 277 Rolling Stones 252 Ronan, Frank 240 Roper, Lanning (1912–1978) 88, 134, 279 Roper, Primrose (1908–1978) 276, 279 Rosa (rose) 53, 123, 193; R. ‘Champneys Pink

Cluster’ 163; Noisette r. 163; rambling r. 20; swamp r. 145; R. ‘The Fairy’ 202; wild r. 192 Rose, Graham (1928–1995) 94, 95, 98, 120 Rosie (Shelley) (secretary) 175, 176, 231, 233,

243 Ross, Diana 262 Rothschild, Dame Miriam (1908–2005) 248 Rothschild, Baron Philippe de (1902–1988) 105,

106, 108, 109, 110, 111, 181, 234, 278, 279 Rothschild, Philippine de (1923–2014) 110, 279 Roundup® weedkiller 220 Rowell, Harold 78, 165 Rowell, Madge (d.1992) 78, 79, 88, 89, 91, 93,

155, 165, 234, 235 Royal Horticultural Society 95, 164; Council 95,

99, 173; Floral Committee ‘B’ (now Woody Plant Committee) 279 fortnightly shows, Vincent Square, London 84, 86, 87, 93; Great Autumn Show 89, 95, 98, 170 Royal Horticultural Society Journal 89, 146 Royal Parks, London 233 Royal Sandringham Flower Show, Norfolk 157 Rumary, Mark 166 Runcie, Robert, Archbishop of Canterbury

(1921–2000) 156 Runcie, Rosalind (1932–2012) 166 Russell, James ‘Jim’ (1920–1996) 201 Russia, geological map 213 Russian language 252 Ruys, Wilhelmina ‘Mien’ (1904–1999) 251, 252 Rye, E. Sussex 207