PREFACE. 



we do well to turn to them, not to copy their exact lines, 

 nor to limit ourselves to the range of their ornament and 

 effects, but to glean hints for our garden-enterprise to- 

 day, to drink of their spirit, to gain impulsion from 

 them. As often as not, the forgotten field proves the 

 richest of pastures. 



J. D. S. 



THE CROFT, WEST WICKHAM, KENT, 

 Oct. 8, 1890. 



