VI 



PREFACE 



stunted and mutilated by unwise pruning, becomes 

 beautiful when allowed to develop naturally. 



The illustrations have their own teaching value, 

 and in this matter also I desire to thank many willing 

 helpers, especially Miss Jekyll, Miss Willmott, and Mr. 

 Crump, of the Madresfield Court Gardens. 



It is the wish and hope of the author, whose notes, 

 taken during many years, are embodied, that the book 

 may do something to m.ake English gardens more 

 beautiful and interesting, and that it may win many 

 to see the better ways of planting; also that it may 

 be the means of bringing forward the many trees 

 and shrubs of rare charm that are generally unknown 

 or unheeded. 



The word " English," of course, stands for the 

 British Isles. 



E. T. C. 



Nove9nber 1902. 



