viii FOREWORD TO THE GARDEN-LOVER 



says in garden literature from his own pen 

 which have faithfully served as quarry, when 

 here a stone and there a stone seemed as ready 

 as his craft could make it to lend strength to 

 the foundation of this little edifice. 



This little book of a little garden the year 

 round seeks, in friendly way, not only to he 

 useful to every garden-owner, and to every 

 garden-beginner who looks forward to making 

 a garden of his own, but to convey some sense 

 of the joys of gardening, some realization of 

 the pleasures that find place in the heart and 

 soul of one who combines the companionship 

 of prose and poetry in the going about his 

 gardening, an occupation indulged in for rec- 

 reation, whose limits have taught him that a 

 world may be held in a nutshell after aU, if the 

 experiences of his own are not forgotten, and 

 particularly if his trained, observant and sym- 

 pathetic eye is permitted to make its discov- 

 eries in the broader acreage of his fellow gar- 

 den-makers. 



There can never be too many garden-lovers, 

 nor can there ever be too many garden books. 

 I turn to my gardening shelves and scan their 

 titles lovingly. They have taught me much, 



