INTRODUCTION 3 



There should be no difficulty in obtaining any of the 

 plants that are mentioned in this book, for the persistent 

 advocacy by the author of the merits of garden shrubs 

 and trees has brought them into sufficient prominence 

 to induce nurserymen in all parts of the United Kingdom 

 to include them in their stocks. It may not be possible 

 to see them all growing in the same nursery, but any 

 nurseryman of position should be able to supply them 

 all, and at a price within the means of the majority of 

 those who own gardens. Intending planters should, as 

 far as practicable, see the kinds they purpose planting 

 growing in the nurseries or in neighbouring gardens, 

 and in the case of those grown for their flowers when in 

 bloom. Tastes differ, and while all are more or less 

 beautiful, some will be preferred to others ; and by 

 making a selection when in full growth the purchaser 

 can not only select those most in accordance with his 

 taste, but he can form a much better idea as to the 

 suitability of the respective kinds for the position they 

 are intended to occupy. 



