PREFACE 



Miss Nixon wishes me to present her humble duty 

 and thanks to Her Majesty, the Queen of the 

 Netherlands, for graciously honouring her with the 

 permission to make drawings of Her Majesty's 

 Summer Palace and Gardens at Het Loo. 



Miss Nixon also wishes me to thank His 

 Excellency Baron Sistema van Grovestins for his 

 kindness in procuring for her the privilege of access 

 to the Royal Gardens at Het Lpo, and to thank 

 the Rt. Hon. Sir Horace Rumbold, Bart., P.C., 

 G.C.B., G.C.M.G., for his kind help. 



Her thanks are also due to Mr. W. H. Wind, 



Her Majesty's Head Gardener at Het Loo ; to 



Miss van der Laan, Bennebroek ;; and to Messrs. 



Tubergen, Kersten, Krelager, Roozen, and the 



other growers at Haarlem. 



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