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Messrs. Duffield & Company for confirming Mrs. 

 Whitney's permission to include " Tranquillity " ; 

 and Mrs. Sharp's to include " The White Peacock " 

 and passages from Rosa Mystica, by Fiona Macleod ; 

 also for passages from The Book of Tea, by Mr. 

 Okakura-Kakuzo. 



Mr. William Heinemann for the use of the selec- 

 tions from Fiona Macleod in England ; and for 

 " The Iris," by Mr. Edmund Gosse. 



Messrs. Macmillan & Company for "My Garden" 

 and "White Foxglove," by Mr. Thomas Edward 

 Brown. 



Messrs. Chatto & Windus, in England, and Mr. 

 David M'Kay, in America, for " Little White Lily," 

 by Dr. George MacDonald. 



The Babbs-Merrill Company for " Old-Fashioned 

 Roses," by Mr. James Whitcomb Riley. 



The Century Company for " The Sweet Red 

 Rose," by Mrs. Dodge, through the kindness of 

 Mr. Ellsworth. 



Messrs. Hodder & Stoughton for the use, in 

 England, of passages from The Little White Bird, 

 by Mr. Barrie ; and from Dr. Sevier, by Mr. Cable, 

 through the kindness of Sir William Robertson 

 Nicoll. 



Mr. Arthur F. Bird for the use, in England, of 

 " Rose-Morals," by Sidney Lanier. 



