FOREWORD 



for me to visit their gardens, and to reproduce their 

 carefully thought out schemes in pictures, I ex- 

 tend my hearty thanks. It has done much to make 

 not only my life but other lives happier. It is 

 with the hope that others may find the same en- 

 joyment in this work that I have that I send it 

 forth to perform its mission and with the hope that 

 it may encourage others to start gardens of their 

 own and to give to them a happiness they have 

 never known before. If I have accomplished this 

 I have met the desire of my heart. 



