Edith Wharton, under the spell of evergreen foliage and stone, celebrates the magic of Italian gardens. Charles Kuralt waits on the bloom of a single daffodil like an expectant father. Gertrude Jekyll, after a month-long drought, praises the coming rain. Allen Lacy rails against hydrangeas.An engaging group of more than fifty gardening writers -- and writing gardeners -- The Writer in the Garden presents a colorful bouquet of prose and poetry.