GREY OLD GARDENS SERIES 



A series of beautifully illustrated books intended for all ivho 



have felt the ''^romantic suggestiveness^^ of an old garden. 



Decorative Boards, by Jessie M. King, square octavo^ 



200 pages, ^s. net each, 



CORNERS OF GREY OLD GARDENS 



A selection of essays expressive of the ''^ antique^'' charm of the purest 

 of human pleasures by writers ranging from fohn Gerard in the six- 

 teenth century, to Richard le Gallienne in the twentieth century, with 

 eight illustrations in colour by Margaret Watbrfield. 



A BOOK OF OLD SUNDIALS Gf 

 THEIR MOTTOES 



A selection of nearly 350 inscriptions from old sundials, with an in- 



i troductojy essay by Launcblot Cross. Eight illustrations in colour 



\ by Alfred Rawlings, and thirty-six drawings by Warrington 



Hogg of the finest remaining exa??iples of old sundials in this country. 



MY GARDEN OF THE RED, RED 

 ROSE 



By J. R. AiTKEN. Eight illustrations in colour by Fred. Taylor. 



A garden book with a human note. Mrf. R. Ait ken, author of ^^ Jn 

 a City Garden,^'' is an essayist of the open air —a prose poet who loves to 

 praise the face of nature. In an arcadian environment he sets free his 

 art to explore wider interests, and the ^^ Garden of the Red, Red Rose''* 

 becomes a leafy stage where mortals meet and interact; and their inter- 

 actions foi-ni a deepening plot where love steals among the roses, and gar- 

 den thoughts are tested by reality. 

 Ex. cr. SvOf 332 page.., buckram, jf^ net. 



