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Mr. W. Hooper. I felt that engravings would be of more 

 than their usual value in this hook, inasmuch as they place 

 the best attainable result before the reader's eye, thus en- 

 abling him to arrange his materials more efficiently. A 

 small portion of the matter of this book originally ap- 

 peared in my book on the gardens of Paris, in which it will 

 not again be printed. For the extensive list of the varie- 

 ties of Canna I am indebted to M. Chate's " Le Canna" 

 Most of the subjects have been described from personal 

 knowledge of them, both in London and Paris gardens. 



W. R. ' 

 ^ 1871. 



