Author's Note 
chosen and laid out, the houses themselves properly 
planned and equipped.”’ 
If there is one thing more than another necessary to 
make an Englishman’s house his home, it is a garden. 
It is, therefore, to be hoped that this book may prove 
of service in the development of the surroundings of 
many a new as well as many an old home. 
January, 1920. 
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