My New Zealand Garden 



have found their way here in search of health to 

 revive permanently a fact which speaks highly 

 enough for our surroundings. 



The wording of this little book will dispel any 

 idea of my being a purist. I am also afraid that 

 abruptness of style will be very apparent from 

 start to finish. I plead guilty, too, to dishing up 

 stale anecdotes to suit my purpose, and before 

 rushing into the account of my garden, I must ask 

 the reader kindly to excuse blunders in phraseology, 

 which will be frequent, and may, perhaps, even 

 equal in enormity the statement that ' The Captain 

 was enabled to save his ship, his own life, and his 

 wife she carried a full cargo of cement.' The 

 generic and specific names of plants may often 

 assume the appearance of the cart before the 

 horse. I am, however, determined to let others 

 know the pleasure and mental profit which I 

 have derived from gardening, and also to give a 

 fair account of plants which flourish here, and the 

 beautiful trees and shrubs that can be grown. 



I have spared no pains in hunting up scarce 

 things, and I feel somewhat like a retired sleuth- 

 hound, but I am amply repaid by their beauty 

 and growth, and the intense interest derived 

 thereby. Owing to the habit of finding out the 

 botanical names of all my plants, one or two 

 chapters are fraught with them enough to make 

 anyone but a gardener flinch. 



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