This proposal is based upon the signature of the Swiss artist, Ferdinand Hodler, inscribed on a stone. A critical essay on this proposal by Wouter Weijer comprises most of the text of this print. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This proposal includes an inscribed garden bench and a tree plaque based upon a quote from classical literature. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book and the commission to Finlay were dedicated to Diana, Princess of Wales by the Board of Trustees and Staff of the Serpentine Gallery. The first fold-out page consists of the architectural layout and the second a print enumerating trees in the area arranged as a mandala dedicated to Diana in its center. The commission itself consisted of poetic engravings for eight benches and a tree-plaque placed in the meadow around the Sepentine. The captions on these objects are brief sentences adapted from writings, rendered in Latin and English, on Arcadia by Virgil. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Finlay's proposal for inscription of a bench in Shenstone's garden (1714-1763) is based upon Didsley's (1764) description as it was in Shenstone's time. The inscription reads, "Here the path begins to ascend beneath a depth of shale, by the sideof which is a small bubbling rill, either forming little penisulas, rolling over peebles, or falling down small cascades, all under cover, and taught to murmur very agreeably." Finlay adds the following comment, "A bench, in our modern gardens, is a thing to be sat upon; in Shenstone's Leasowes it is a thing to be read." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The poem to be inscribed as "A Man of Letters R.L.S." on a formal stone with irregular edges is inscribed with a 'one-word poem' and set in the grass within a small grove of birch trees" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Foxglove, a bellshaped flower, is a basis for a grid inscribed on a stone panel that consists of a sequence of numbers to direct bellringers in 'change ringing.' Foxglove is the source of digitalis whose actions are to strengthen & regularize the he Finlay does not have this property in mind for he mentions that this grid sets out to complement the mixture of wild and formal views of the garden. Unlike a sundial, it alludes to episodic bouts of ringing that punctuate the ecclesiastical calendar. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This project makes use of one of the giant blocks of stone that lie abandoned in Tout Quarry Portland. The inscription is derived from Virgil's Aeneid Book III: "Gods of the Earth, Gods of the Sea, Gods who rule over storms, give us a wind to help our voyage, and may your breat bring us aid." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is a proposal for a memorial to the poet, Annette von Droste-Hulshoff (1797-1848) who lived in Munster, Germany. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is a proposal for a memorial to the poet, Annette von Droste-Hulshoff (1797-1848), who lived in Munster, Germany. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This memorial to Robert Louis Stevenson takes the form of a sacred grove bounded by an ashlar wall on a half circle and by five silver birch trees (Betula pendula) across the diameter. At the foot of the tree trunk is a stone tree column base inscribed with R.L.S. and Stevenson's dates beneath (1850-1894). The site is a Stevenson sanctuary, an area for reflection that is half private and enclosed and half open to the world, just as are Stevenson's writings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The print depicts a sailboat with yellow sails (rose) passing rocky shoals (rock). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Finlay misattributes both "A Rose" to Gertrude Jekyll, the British gardner rather than Gertrude Stein and "Arrows are Arrows are Arrows" to Heraclitus. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The name Gertrude Jekyll who was a famous British gardener is inscribed in the drawing which relates to a quotation from Gertude Stein, the American expatriate writer. Since Stein in German means glass, these factors are interelated with the design. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Gertrude Jekyll was a leading designer of gardens. The rose of Gertrude Stein's well known poem can also be identified as the tip of the old-fashioned garden watering can. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The cover depicts the Flower Class corvette, Migonette, at sea during WWII with red markings on its hull signifying rust. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is an adaptation of a quote from a "Parmenides Dialog." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.