OTHER BEAUTIFUL BOOKS 

 ON FLOWERS & GARDENS 



EACH CONTAINING FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR 



THE FLOWERS AND 

 GARDENS OF JAPAN 



Painted by ELLA DU CANE 



Described by FLORENCE DU CANE 



Containing 50 full-page Illustrations in Colour. Square demy 8vo, cloth. 

 Price 20s. net. Now offered at 10s. net. 



Note. — Japan has often been called the Land of- Flowers, and to judge from the 

 beautiful illustrations in this volume, it is aptly named. The artist may be said to h ve 

 given us a diary of the year's flowers from the opening of the first plum blossom to the 

 falling of the last maple leaf, and all are depicted in their mtural surroundings. The 

 illustrations also include flowering trees amid old temples, charming landscape gardens, 

 flower feasts, and many natural scenes of great beauty. The author, who has spent two 

 floral seasons in the country, not only gives an attractive description of the flowers as 

 they appeal to the eye of the foreigner, but has also collected and reproduced in the 

 book many of the native legends which show that sentiment and tradition play a large 

 part in the feelings with which the Japanese regard their flowers. 



" This ' gardening ' book is one of the most fascinating that has ever been published, 

 and is worthy of its most fascinating title." — Morning Post. 



" A charming volume, one of the most satisfactory of its kind that has appeared for 

 some time." — Pall Mall Gmettt. 



"The book has the best account we have seen anywhere of the way in which 

 Japanese gardens, including the landscape garden, are planned, planted, and made 

 effective." — Outlook. 



THE FLOWERS AND 

 GARDENS OF MADEIRA 



Painted by ELLA DU CANE 

 Described by FLORENCE DU CANE 



Containing 24 full-page Illustrations in Colour. Square demy 8vo, cloth. 

 Price 7s. 6d. net. 



Not* —From the title of this volume it will be seen that it is not intended as a 

 e uide-book to the island. Its aim is to help those lovers of flowers who are fortunate 

 Inough tospend a winter in Madeira to appreciate the very varied vegetation of that , . . 

 flowerv land. From the author's description of the never-ending succession of floral 

 tVewuTesH would appear to be perpetual summer in that favoured island, while the 

 so caUed winter is almost the best time of year to see the gorgeous creepers for which 



^ThemuVtratio^ flowers - and should tempt many a 



wanteer toe c^P?lrom S the cold grey skies of an English winter, and spend his time 

 Sing in the^n. and enjoying the succession of flowering trees, shrubs, and plants 

 wh'ch Ire gathered together from every part of the New and Old World. 



"A charming book. ... The coloured illustrations are not only instructive, but 

 gems of their kind Should be in every library. "-Gardjn. 



•• No one knows better than Miss Du Cane how to paint flowers."— Standard. 



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