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and in this matter also I desire to thank many willing 

 helpers, especially Miss Jekyll, Miss Willmott, and Mr. 

 Crump, of the Madresfield Court Gardens. Many 

 of them are from photographs taken in the Royal 

 Gardens, Kew. Under the present director (Sir 

 William Thiselton-Dyer) much has been done in 

 the judicious grouping of plants. Here is a living 

 place of instruction open to all. 



Those who desire to know more about trees and 

 shrubs than it is possible to give in this book should 

 consult such famous works as Loudon's " Arboretum 

 Britannicum" (8 vols.), and " Encyclopaedia of Trees 

 and Shrubs"; Professor Sargent's " Silva of North 

 America/' and " Forest Flora of Japan " ; " Manual 

 of Coniferae," by Messrs. James Veitch & Sons ; 

 " The Pinetum," by George Gordon ; The " Bamboo 

 Garden," by Lord Redesdale ; Sir Joseph Hooker's 

 " Rhododendrons of the Sikkim Himalaya " ; and the 

 excellent Kew Handlist of Trees and Shrubs. Much 

 information can also be gleaned from the volumes of 

 Garden and Forest (American), edited by Professor 

 Sargent, but not now in publication. 



The nomenclature at Kew that is, according to 

 the Index Kewensis is that adopted in this book. 



It is the wish and hope of the author, whose notes, 

 taken during many years, are embodied, that the book 

 may do something to make English gardens more 

 beautiful and interesting, and that it may win many 

 to see the better ways of planting ; also that it may 

 be the means of bringing forward the many trees 

 and shrubs of rare charm that are generally unknown 

 or unheeded. 



E. T. C. 



November 1902. 



