POSTSCRIPT 



The making of this garden book has been, to me, a most 

 delightful task ; and if, by a fortunate chance, it may give 

 pleasure to others, and may be found to contain some helpful 

 suggestions culled from royal gardens, it will not have been 

 undertaken in vain. For the garden perfect is so exquisite 

 and desirable a thing that no amount of careful thought and 

 loving labour devoted to its attainment can ever be looked 

 upon as time wasted or effort thrown away. 



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