noting that it is structured like a series of diary entries as opposed to a treatise or reference work. Atkinson argues that Charles Dudley Warner's memoir My Summer in a Garden (1871) is a foundational work of garden writing in American letters. 20th and 21st centuries Throughout the 20th century there were large numbers of books on gardening published, of all sorts, including scholarly monographs on major groups of plants. One of the most successful was the light and anecdotal Down the Garden Path (1932) by Beverley Nichols, illustrated by Rex Whistler, which has remained in print ever since, and was followed by a number of sequels. In the UK, the Victorian boom in magazines dedicated to gardening began to slacken in the years around 1900, with Amateur Gardening, founded in 1884, the longest survival in 2022. However, the gardening column in regular newspapers and magazines became more significant. In the central decades of the 20th century, these were very important in the UK, dividing somewhat into straightforward "how to" advice, and more literary styles, often by women. The second group included Vita Sackville-West, creator of Sissinghurst, whose column in The Observer ran from 1946 to 1961. Although a prolific novelist and poet, few of her books dealt much with gardening. Others were Margery Fish, Hugh Johnson, and Robin Lane Fox. In early 20th century America, garden writing targeted at amateur gardeners frequently appeared in the popular press during what Clayton calls the "golden age of magazines". Jamaica Kincaid, a novelist, gardener, and garden writer, has published a number of works on gardens. Her My Garden (Book) (1999) uses gardens as a lens to explore diverse themes including colonialism while providing advice and instruction on garden management. Atkinson identifies Richard Powers's 1998 novel Gain'' as an example of late 20th-century literary fiction that takes gardening as its subject. Works of garden writing See also History of gardening List of professional gardeners Pleasure garden Notes Sources Literary genres Gardening in the United States Gardening in England Gardening in France