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PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION 



MANY illustrations have been added to this edition to help 

 the beginner in gardening. The book is sufficiently large, 

 but by careful revision it has been kept to the size of the 

 former editions. Many good plants have been added, 

 especially in the chapters upon trees and shrubs and roses, 

 to bring the information as much as possible to the present 

 time. 



E. T C. 



April 1904. 



PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION 



IT is a great joy to me to know that a fourth edition of this 

 simple gardening book has been asked for, and such a wish 

 enables the author to bring the work, as far as possible, to 

 the present time. The various lists of plants in this edition 

 contain the most worthy of recent introductions, and several 

 new illustrations have been added. If this book has helped 

 to spread a love of gardening, and make our homes brighter 

 and happier, I have been well repaid. 



E. T. C. 



November 1905. 



PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION 



IT is a source of much pleasure to find that a fifth edition of 

 this book is desired. It enables me to correct the various 

 lists of flowers, substituting the more beautiful recent 

 acquisitions for those which have been superseded. Al- 

 though only two years have elapsed since the fourth edition 

 was published, several lovely flowers have been raised since ; 

 these are included in the present volume. 



E. T. C. 



December 1907. 



