Gardening Detail
Story from Blushes Supplement 24 with pictures of the lovely Wendy Collings as Emily. ‘What do you think, Emily?’ It is the grounds Mrs Wilding is referring to, not the house. The grounds, the gardens, these flowerbeds. The house is probably early Victorian, quite large and evidently not in the best state of repair. Partly no doubt, as Mrs Wilding has said, because it has not been lived in for several years. But it is the grounds that Mrs Wilding means. The grounds that have likewise evidently not been cultivated for at least that period. They look more like a jungle. It is difficult to see where the flowerbeds begin and the lawns end. These lawns which look more like fields of meadow grass. ‘It shouldn’t be too difficult. What d’you think? I mean for a big strong girl like you.’ Emily is quite strong. She is well-built, a shapely girl whose shape is at present shown to good advantage in a brief, form-fitting outf...