30 IN A GLOUCESTERSHIRE GARDEN 



give us some idea of the debt of gratitude we owe to 

 the old gardeners, who have made our winter gardens 

 bright with Christmas roses, cyclamens, crocuses, hepa- 

 ticas, and snowdrops. Since their time many other 

 winter flowers have been introduced, but very few 

 have yet succeeded in getting a fair footing. Why 

 some have succeeded with us, and others, which seemed 

 as likely, have failed, is a large and very interesting 

 subject. 



