Defines fragrant perennial flowers. A memoir by an extraordinary literary hero; the flower of Tarakh the Asophite, the son of no one, who found meaning in his existence in the wonderful world of plants. In writing that resembles a cool breeze on a rainy day, the author unfolds before us the memories of a 19th-century English gardener who dedicated his life to the garden beds of an estate owner who extended her protection to him at a young age. In this garden he matured to maturity among the plants, managed to grow strawberries that were sweetened before their season, and became a tenacious and true gardener. The pleasure reflected in the words of Reginald Darkell in this book, first published in Britain in 1950, is the same pleasure that arises with a natural awakening, the smell of the first rain, and a look at flowers open to observation.