PREFACE 



This book is written for those wlao love the flowers of 

 niountain and stream, of Alpine pasture and reed-fringed 

 pool ; for those who gladly welcome into their gardens a 

 class of plants whose beauty and charm is not surpassed 

 by any other. It is also written with the hope that it 

 may arouse interest in those who have no knowledge of 

 rock and water plants, and yet have facilities for growing 

 them. And especially is it offered to the. many whose 

 dull and ugly " rockeries " might so easily be transformed 

 into " rock gardens " — a different thing altogether. 



Let none regard the subject of water gardening as one 

 having direct interest for only a favoured few. Seeing 

 that aquatics may be grown under purely artificial 

 conditions, the pleasure of a water garden is not limited 

 to the possessors of natural streams and ponds. 



In these days of stress and hurry we seek in Nature a 

 balm for many ills ; in our gardens, and in all that pertains 

 to them, we may find welcome rest and relaxation. 



C. T. 



WoooBRiDGE, Suffolk. 



