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sire also to mention the following books of refer- 

 ence and to acknowledge their influence : Old Time 

 Gardens, Mrs. Earle; English Pleasure Garden*, 

 Nichols; The Formal Garden in England, Bloom- 

 field; Some English Gardens, George S. Elgood 

 and Gertrude Jekyl. 



CORNELIUS V. V. SEWELL. 

 EASTOVER, 



RYE, NEW YORK, 

 March, 1906. 



