EDITOR'S NOTE 



Like many another distinguished gardener, Mr Arnott 

 is a Scotsman, being a. native of Dumfries, and now 

 living in the adjoining county of Kirkcudbright. For 

 the last fourteen years his name has been a familiar one 

 to readers of the leading journals devoted to gardening, 

 for he has been a very frequent contributor to The 

 Gardener s Chronicle, The Gardener's Magazine, The Garden, 

 The Journal of Horticulture, and other papers. Although 

 not a professional gardener, Mr Arnott is a practical 

 one, for he manages at least the flower department of 

 his beautiful garden almost without assistance ; and 

 having spent most of his life amongst flowers — his 

 mother being a great gardener — he is a successful 

 plant grower, as well as an interested one. 



Mr Arnott takes an active part in the work of en- 

 couraging the gardening spirit among his countrymen, 

 and is a member of the Scientific Committee of the 

 Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society, as well as a 

 member of other leading associations with similar aims. 



He is the author of " The Book of Bulbs," which forms 

 the fifth volume in the present series of handbooks. 



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