APPENDIX 



ELIZABETHAN GARDEN AT SHAKESPEARE^ 

 BIRTHPLACE 



TWO reports made in the spring of 1920, 

 one by Frederick C. Wellstood, secretary 

 and librarian of the Trustees and Guardians 

 of Shakespeare's Birthplace, and the other by Ernest 

 Law, C.B., one of the trustees, will doubtless be of 

 interest to the reader. They have been made avail- 

 able through the courtesy of Mr. Law. 



Mr. Wellstood, writing on Easter, 1920, in his 

 report says: 



"The appeal of the Trustees and Guardians of 

 Shakespeare's Birthplace, &c. issued three months 

 ago, for gifts of Elizabethan plants and flowers, 

 wherewith to stock his 'Great Garden' at Stratford- 

 upon-Avon, has had a very gratifying response. The 

 King and Queen, Queen Alexandra and the Prince 

 of Wales, have graciously interested themselves in 

 the project, and have given practical support by 



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