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lore. We have altogether lost this delicacy of gar- 

 dening. 



This book was the logical sequence of a talk I 

 gave two years ago upon the "Gardens and Flowers 

 of Shakespeare's Time" at the residence of Mrs. 

 Charles H. Senff in New York, before the Interna- 

 tional Garden Club. This talk was very cordially 

 received and was repeated by request at the home of 

 Mrs. Ernest H. Fahnestock, also in New York. 



I wish to express my thanks to Mr. Norman Tay- 

 lor of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, for permission 

 to reprint the first chapter, which appeared in the 

 "Journal of the International Garden Club," of 

 which he is the editor. I also wish to thank Mr. 

 Taylor for his valued encouragement to me in the 

 preparation of this book. 



I wish to direct attention to the remarkable por- 

 trait of Nicholas Leate, one of the greatest flower 

 collectors of his day, photographed especially for 

 this book from the original portrait in oils, painted 

 by Daniel Mytens for the Worshipful Company of 

 Ironmongers, of which Leate was master in 1616, 

 1626, and 1627. 



The portrait of this English worthy has never 

 been photographed before ; and it is a great pleasure 

 for me to bring before the public the features and 



