NOTE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT 



I HAVE to thank Messrs. Longmans for permission to include some sub- 

 jects from my work on The Art of Garden Design in Italy, published 

 by them, and Mrs. Aubrey le Blond has been good enough to place at my 

 disposal the negatives which are reproduced on the plates facing pages 

 34, 46, and 50. My publisher has permitted the reproduction of several 

 subjects from works published by him. Mr. Martinus Nijhoff , of The Hague, 

 has kindly supplied from Oud-N ederlandsche Tuinkunst the illustrations 

 of the subjects from the Grimani Breviary, included among Mediaeval 

 Gardens, as well as several subjects in the chapters on Dutch and German 

 Gardens. An acknowledgment is due to the authorities of the British 

 Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Bodleian Library, and the 

 Bibliotheque Rationale {Cabinet des Estam-pes) for engravings and draw- 

 ings photographed from their collections. Mr. B. Zweers, of Haarlem, has 

 furnished the negatives for the subjects reproduced on pages 169, 191, and 

 196. I have to acknowledge Mr. A. E. Walsham in connection with the illus- 

 trations on pages 122, 145, and the plates facing pages 88, 130, 134, and 150, 

 and Mr. H. N. King, of Hammersmith, has allowed me to reproduce several 

 of his photographs of EngHsh work, which will be found on pages 208 (lower 

 subject), 214, and 231, and on the plates facing pages 226 and 306. Mr. 

 Charles Latham photographed the subjects illustrated on page 221 and on 

 the plates facing pages 203 and 205. To Mr. Thomas Lewis is due the photo- 

 graphs reproduced on page 208 (upper subject) and on the plate facing page 

 228. 



