4 PREFACE. 



grow sweeter-tempered at once. Why you 

 may deal with one great florist after an- 

 other, (I know, for I have dealt with a good 

 many) and you will find nothing but cour- 

 tesy and pleasant words from the beginning 

 to the end. No urging you to take what you 

 do not want, no clipping the measure of 

 what you .buy ; but on the contrary, your 

 insignificant little orders are rounded out 

 with unexpected treasures. As if the flor- 

 ists could not bear even to think of empty 

 gardens, while theirs vrere so full ; or else 

 had a sort of gentle sympathy for the peo- 

 ple who expect to live upon fifty cents' 

 worth of flowers for a whole year. 



I think it is Mr. Biglow who solaces him- 

 self with " More last words." I know there 

 are many 1 might say. There are flower 

 names you will look for here, and not find. 

 The fair faces of my Campanula Lorei, look 

 at me reproachfully even now, from a dis- 

 tance ; with the pink Eucharidiums, just 

 unfolding their fresh colour. And there is 

 Viola Cornuta, and my superb new Gen. 

 Jacqueminot rose. But if T mentioned ev- 

 erything, when should I have done? Not 

 till my book was altogether too big lor you 



to buy. Shahweetah, June 28, 1872. 



