AUTHOE'S PKEFACE ix 



the door, massive clumps of beautiful white Lilies 

 (which never seem to grow anywhere else quite 

 so well as they do in a cottage garden), early 

 Chrysanthemums, making a bright show of colour 

 for many weeks in the autumn, and other flowers 

 too numerous to name. 



It depends on the person, not on the place. As 

 it is with the cottagers, so it may be with you, 

 " where there's a will there's a way ". If you will 

 to make a pretty garden, you can do so, whether 

 your space be measured only by yards, and you 

 intend to do all the work yourself, or whether it be 

 a fairly large piece of ground, where you employ 

 at least one man to do the manual labour, while 

 the planning and arranging are in your own 

 hands. 



Having had many years' experience of garden- 

 ing, I hope to be able to help you to some extent 

 in starting a garden which may be admired by 

 your friends, and, still better, will be a pleasure to 

 yourself. 



S. R 



