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ENVIRON. 

 DESIGN 

 LIBRARY 



PREFACE 



"GARDEN PLANNING AND PLANTING" is a subject that, sooner 

 or later, interests most of us. The work of planning is quite one 

 of the most fascinating the gardener can undertake : unfortu- 

 nately for the inexperienced, it is a simple matter to plan wrongly, 

 and costly to put matters right again. The work of initial 

 planting is scarcely less important. 



" Garden Planning and Planting " is published for the direction 

 of the uninitiated : some of the hints contained in these pages 

 may, it is hoped, prove helpful also to experienced workers. A 

 feature of the book is found in the designs for all sorts and sizes 

 of gardens, flower beds and flower borders, with, in many cases, 

 alternative schemes of planting. Most of the designs have been 

 prepared from sketches made by Miss Dunham, who has also 

 contributed many of the notes on planting. Acknowledgments 

 are due to Mr. George Garner, who has helped with diagrams 

 and references. 



H. H. T. 



September, 1910. 



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