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SCOTTISH GARDENS. 



By the Right Hon. Sir HERBERT MAXWELL, Bart. 

 Illustrated in Colour by MARY G. W. WILSON, 



MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF SCOTTISH ARTISTS. 



With 32 Full-page Coloured Plates. Crown 4*0. 2 is, net. 



Also an Edition de Luxe, limited to 250 copies, at 2 25. net. 



This work is the outcome of a desire to produce a volume worthy 

 in every respect of the beautiful gardens of Scotland. Sir Herbert 

 Maxwell, whose knowledge of the subject is probably unique, is 

 personally acquainted with the places described, and has throughout 

 been in consultation with the artist, Miss Wilson. Visitors to her 

 studio in Edinburgh, or the exhibitions of her work in London, will 

 need no further testimony to the charm of her pictures, which are 

 here reproduced with the utmost care and on the largest feasible 

 scale. 



One of the objects of the work is to dispel certain popular fallacies 

 as to the rigours of the Scottish climate. Its chief aim, however, is 

 to present a typical selection of Scottish garden scenes representing 

 all styles and all scales, modest as well as majestic, and formal as 

 well as free, so that the possessor of the humblest plot of ground 

 may be stimulated to beautify it, with as fair hope of success, in 

 proportion, as the lord of many thousand acres. 



ALPINES AND BOG-PLANTS. 



By REGINALD FARRER, 



AUTHOR OF 'MY ROCK GARDEN,' ETC. 



With Illustrations. Large Crown 8vo. js. 6d. net. 



Like most hobbies, rock-gardening provides an endless topic of 

 interest for its devotees, and the lore of the subject is inexhaustible. 

 At any rate, Mr. Reginald Farrer, who is a recognized authority on 

 the art, by no means exhausted his stock of information and anecdote 

 in his previous work, ' My Rock Garden.' That garden, as most of 

 his fellow-enthusiasts know, is on the slopes of Ingleborough in 

 Yorkshire, and it is a place of pilgrimage for the faithful of this cult. 

 As a writer, Mr. Farrer combines a light and genial style with sound 

 practical information, so that his books are at once readable and 

 instructive. Some idea of the scope of the present volume may be 

 gained from the list of chapters, which is as follows : i . Of Shrubs 

 and their Placing. 2. Of Shrubs, Mostly Evergreen. 3. Ranun- 

 culaceae, Papaveraceae, Cruciferae. 4. A Collecting Day above 

 Arolla. 5. Between Dianthus and Epilobium. 6. From Epilobium 

 on through Umbelliferae and Composite. 7. Of Odd Treasures. 

 8. The Big Bog and its Lilies. 9. The Greater Bog Plants. 10. Iris, 

 ii. The Mountain Bog. 12. More of the Smaller Bog Plants. 

 13. The Water Garden. 



