Her cooking ability, while mentioned, was unqualified by her.

'The Bride' [a snowdrop variety], found in the early Seventies at Foxcote Farm near Cheltenham, was his first discovery. It's a poculiform (cup-shaped) G. elwesii with six pure white petals of the same length. Like many poculiforms […] it's not a strong grower.

He hunts a pack of dogs better than any man in the country.

A new rectory, a youth center and a scouthouse were constructed […]