An Unusual Hobby

Southland Times, Issue 22472, 7 November 1934, Page 5

An Unusual Hobby

_ A woman’s hobby, which became her life’s work, has transformed a cliff into a paradise of flowers and plants, states an English writer. An area of nettles, bracken and gorse at Sea Cliff Street, Devon, has been made by Miss Amy Toll, member of a family of landed proprietors of Dartmouth, into a remarkable garden of rare flowers and plants. The work has occupied Mbs Toll for about 30 years. She roamed the Continent and found flowers and plants which have flourished in her cliff garden. Other flowers and plants and miniature trees, seldom found in England, were imported by her from Japan and Africa.

With this collection of rare horticultural specimens Miss Toll hybridized old plants and those typically English, and new varieties have been evolved. Professional and amateur gardeners greatly admire the results of Miss Toll’s horticultural enthusiasm.