PREFATORY NOTE. 



The Editor desires to express his cordial thanks to the owners, 

 whose names appear under the illustrations, for kindly allowing 

 their gardens to be reproduced in this volume. With exception of 

 Plates xlv, xlvi, lxvi, lxxiv, and cxxiii (which are by Mr. W. J. Day) 

 all the photographs have been taken by Mr. R. Lincoln Cocks. 

 Special facilities have been accorded these two gentlemen whereby 

 they have been enabled to obtain a unique series of garden subjects 

 exclusively for this work. 



The Editor also wishes to acknowledge his indebtedness to Lady 

 Peel, Miss E. H. Adie, Mr. Ernest A. Chadwick, Mr. George S. 

 Elgood, R.I., and Mr. E. Arthur Rowe for the loan of the drawings 

 reproduced in colour ; and to the head gardeners for the assistance 

 rendered to Mr. Lincoln Cocks and Mr. Day. 



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