vi PREFACE 



Parks, both Royal and Municipal, for their courtesy in 

 affording me information, and to many friends who 

 have facilitated my search in historical and private 

 gardens. I am also extremely grateful to my friend, 

 Miss Margaret MacArthur, who has assisted me in the 

 tedious task of correcting proofs. The lists of trees 

 and shrubs, and of plants in the beds in Hyde Park, were 

 kindly drawn up for me by the Park Superintendent, 

 the late Mr. Jordan, with the consent of H.M. Office 

 of Works. 



ALICIA M. CECIL. 



lO Eaton Place, 



ylugust 1907. 



