MY GARDEN. 



During the preparation of this work many other dis- 

 tinguished friends have given rne their help, which has been 

 acknowledged in the text. 



Great as has been the aid which has been afforded to me, 

 considerable as has been the time and labour bestowed 

 upon this work in my leisure moments, long as has been the 

 time over a series of many years during which my obser- 

 vations have extended, and notwithstanding that its pre- 

 paration has been a pleasure, as a labour of love, and a 

 relaxation from more serious duties, yet it falls far short of 

 that ideal perfection which I may conceive in my mind, but 

 which I have been unable to realize with my pen. 



7, FINSBURY CIRCUS, 



May 1 8, 1872. 



