Sir Herbert Maxwell of Monreith in june 1932 at Monreith House:
"What shall be done with autumn leaves? They were the grace and glory of bygone spring and summer; but now they litter the whole garden and, if allowed to lied there, will obliterate all trace of the care and labour bestowed on the ground. They may be treated in either of two ways; either they may be dealt with as worthless rubbish to be swept up and burnt; or they may be garnered to form fertilising mould for future seasons of flower and fruit.
So it is with memories of a passing life. These must either be allowed to perish (...) or they may be ranged in some sort of order to help other men and woman to an understanding of 'ordinary' human circumstance or behaviour."
P.S. Ilustration is from Mary Wilson in Herbert Maxwell, 'Scottish Gardens. Being a Representative Selection of Different Types, Old and New' (London 1908).
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