who find our recreation in a garden, and who work there 

 with our own hands, feel an interest in every other garden 

 that is made by a flower-enthusiast ; for in every garden 

 that has been tended with real affection there is certain 

 to be some new thing worth noting, and much to be 

 admired. 



And the Sofiero Garden is no exception. It provides 

 not only a glorious wealth of beauty, but many new ideas 

 that will be of practical worth to the amateur. 



In this book there is only space to deal with the main 

 features of the garden ; the thousand-and-one details must 

 follow later in a second volume. But to the British 

 garden-lover, it is an especial pleasure to note how the 

 Princess carried with her to the land of her adoption, the 

 keen joy in flowers that is such a characteristic of our own 

 country. And so earnestly has she worked to encourage 

 garden development in Sweden, that she has come to be 

 spoken of affectionately by the Swedish people as "Our 

 Flower Princess." 



Four of the Coloured Plates in this volume are from 

 sketches in oils by Her Royal Highness. The remainder 

 of the illustrations throughout the book — except where 

 otherwise indicated — are from photographs taken by the 

 Crown Prince and the Crown Princess of Sweden. 



Flora Klickmann. 



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