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TO MY GRANDMOTHER 



I dedicate tnis book to you, be- 

 cause it ■was you ■wno asked me 

 to write it for all lovers of gar- 

 dens, on tbat golden summer day 

 ■wnan you last -walked amid tne 

 fragrant flo-wers ana listened to 

 tne carols of tne birds you loved. 



