EDITOR'S NOTE 



This book, like the other books in the present series, 

 is the work of a practical gardener, Mr Tallack having 

 been engaged in horticultural work during most of his 

 adult life. Born a Cornishman, he served his apprentice- 

 ship in the once celebrated gardens of Canon Philpotts, 

 of Porthquidden, where the glass department was a 

 feature. Having gained further experience at Wymyard 

 Park, Durham, Luton Hoo Park, Bedfordshire, and 

 elsewhere, he obtained his first head-gardenership at 

 Prideaux Place, Padstow,- where he effected many im- 

 provements. Having meanwhile been engaged for two 

 years in landscape-work with Messrs. Veitch, he then for 

 twelve years took charge of the gardens at Livermere 

 Park, Suffolk. He is now in command of the well known 

 midland garden at Shipley Hall, Derby, in which the 

 glass houses are many and important. 



For some years Mr Tallack lectured on Horticulture 

 under the Suffolk County Council, and he has been a 

 regular contributor to The Garden and other gardening 

 papers for the past twenty years. He is an enthusiastic 

 gardener, and has been awarded the Knightian and 

 Banksian medals of the Royal Horticultural Society. 



The Editor acknowledges with thanks the courtesy 

 of Messrs. Veitch, the distinguished florists of the Royal 

 Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, in permitting- the illustration 

 of their plants, Maranta Major and Dracaena, the Sirdar 5 

 and also the kindness of Messrs Messenger, the well 

 known horticultural builders of Loughborough, for per- 

 mission to illustrate some of their structural work. 



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