"A little thatch, an old wall, and a little path and a few posies," wrote Wallace Nutting about this picture, "how they appeal to a healthy human love for the little paradise of home."

This picture has generated some discussion with collectors. It is identical to A Garden of Larkspur, #6663, except for the inclusion/exclusion of a lady standing in the garden. Wallace Nutting will resolve this with his own words. "There was originally in this 'Larkspur' a lady, not too prim, but 'right pretty,' reaching to draw that largest cluster of larkspur toward her. She stood gracefully. It was not long before I was told the picture would please better without the lady. The poor woman was blotted out from one model, and the mysterious public liked that garden without the woman in it ten times as well as with her."

Another picture of this cottage in Wales, England is A Greeting, #6101.