MY GARDEN. 



Great as has been the aid which has been afforded to me, 

 considerable as has been the time and labour bestowed upon 

 this work in my leisure moments, long as has been the time 

 over a series of many years during which my observations 

 have extended, and notwithstanding that its preparation has 

 been a pleasure, as a labour of love, and a relaxation from 

 more serious duties, — yet it falls far short of that ideal per- 

 fection which I may conceive in my mind, but which I have 

 been unable to realize with my pen. 



7, FiNSBURY Circus, 

 May 1 8, 1872. 



Vig^t, //. — Road bordering my Garden (Winter). 



