PREFACE 



Lest the title of this book lead to any misconception as 

 to the gardens it concerns, let me hasten to say that it is 

 written for those who, whilst possessing country cottages, 

 are in no sense cottagers. 



Nowadays *^a cottage in the country" may mean 

 anything from a six-roomed bungalow with a diminutive 

 garden to a commodious residence surrounded by ex- 

 tensive grounds. But whatever its size, the garden of 

 the country cottage offers unique opportunities for the 

 growing of flowers in good and natural ways. 



A Cottage Garden filled with hardy flowers is in- 

 finitely more satisfying than a group of gorgeous exotics 

 stiffly staged in an ugly greenhouse ; one represents Art, 

 the other the achievement of wealth. 



To the garden lover more than the flower show 

 enthusiast I offer the suggestions contained in the 

 following pages. 



C. T. 



WoODBRlDGE, SuFFOLK, 

 May 1908. 



