viii PROLOGUE 



there not verse Anthologies enough and to spare ? Of the gaps 

 in my garden-hedges I am only too conscious, marvelling how 

 I can have overlooked such obvious and striking claims. Where 

 are the Garland and Plant lore of Athenseus and Theophrastus, 

 and the Garden 'Points' of old Thomas Tusser? Where are 

 Bulleyn's ' Bulwarks of Defence,' Andrew Borde's * Dyetary of 

 Health,' and Bishop Grossteste's ' Boke of Husbandry ' ? Where 

 are the lines of the Poet-King James I. of Scotland on Windsor 

 Garden? And why is Gerarde preferred to his predecessor, Dr 

 Wm. Turner? Why find we no mention of Raleigh's Gardens 

 at Beddington, or at Sherborne, described by Pope ? Where are 

 Ralph Austen and Sir Hugh Piatt, John de Garlande (1081), 

 Jon Gardener (1440), John Rea, John Rose, John Tradescant, 

 John Reid (author of the 'Scots' Gard'ner,' 1683, the earliest 

 Scotch garden-book), John Dairy mple (are all gardeners 

 Johns ?), James Justice, and Gibson's ' Gardens about London,' 

 1691 ? 



Well, some are to be found in the Epilogue, some are perhaps 

 too exclusively technical, and the absence of the others can only 

 be explained by the short word. Space ! 



And now to the real purpose of this Prologue, that of most 

 Prologues, Thanks ! 



Where all is borrowed it seems invidious to make distinctions 

 in gratitude. And so ' to the Great Men of the Past ' who un- 

 consciously lend their names and writings to the following pages 

 I offer my deepest and most reverent thanks. To the living 

 writers (and their publishers) who in this edition or the last have 

 allowed me to quote from their works, I repeat my sense of their 

 kindness and my obligation. 



In regard to the Art contributions, first and foremost to Mr 

 George S. Elgood, R.L, for his liberality in allowing me to make 



