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'Green fingers' are a fact, and a mystery only to the unpracticed. But green fingers are the extensions of a verdant heart. A good garden cannot be made by somebody who has not developed the capacity to know and love growing things.

Russell Page

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Russell Page
Age: 78 †
Born: 1906
Born: November 1
Died: 1985
Died: January 4
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