PREFATORY NOTE 



BY 

 SIR ALBERT K. ROLLIT, Lrrr.D., D.L., 



President of the National Chrysanthemum Society ; Fellow and Member of the 



Council of the Royal Horticultural Society ; formerly Chairman 



of the Hull Botanic Gardens 



MR. ROBERT FORESTER FELTON, of Hanover Square, 

 London, of whose industry and work I have had 

 long and frequent opportunities of forming an 

 opinion, having told me of his intention to publish 

 a book on " British Floral Decoration " and asked 

 me to write for it a Prefatory Note, I have pleasure 

 hi complying with his request, although the volume 

 speaks sufficiently for itself and its author, and 

 really requires no introduction to its readers or the 

 public. 



I have known Mr. Felton for very many years 

 as an expert and enterprising floral designer and 

 decorator on both public and private occasions, and 

 my estimate of his experience, judgment, and taste 

 has been carefully and critically formed and from 



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