Finlay explains the poem in the print Neoclassical Thaumaturgy as follows. Thaumaturgy means wonder working; an aspect of the old classical religion. the 'gods' which fly faster than sound are present-day warplanes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This letter announces the publication of "Fleur de L'Air: A Garden in Provence by Ian Hamilton Finlay" to be published by Wild Hawthorne Press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The pages consist of 29 black and white photographs taken by Hannappel of Finlay's garden, Little Sparta. One page has a poem by Hoderlin translated by Harry Gilonis, opposite a photograph of a contemplative Finlay, sitting on a bench in the garden just outside his house, The poem reads, "At peace the ploughman sits outside his cottage in the shade... A drawing on the inside cover of the book provides the sites in the garden. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The book depicts impressionistic watercolors of poems mostly adapted from classic literature on tree plaques or as sculptures among the trees. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The proposal was done for a private garden in Provence. The image on the cover is a wild boar. The print depicts a circular post cast in bronze, with plain and rusticated bands alternating, the pattern adapted from Sebastiano Serli's Five Books of Architecture. At the top of the post, are the words, 'AGE QUOD AGIS' - 'What you are doing, do thoroughly.' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

A bollard is a thick low post on a wharf which is used to moor ships with a rope. This book depicts bollards for a decoration of a Scottish Shopping Centre, The Gyle - Edinburgh. Reproductions of drawings are depicted one to a page. Each is inscribed with the name of a ship which also alludes to a poem or quotation generally from classical literature as indicated in footnotes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.