A GARDEN FLORA 
IX 
I have finished what another had begun. 
My most sincere thanks are due to all those who have so 
largely helped in the arranging of this list. They have, I 
know, done it “ in memoriam.” Mr. Alfred Parsons has 
contributed ten illustrations of some of the most cherished 
shrubs. 
Mr. Robinson has written the introduction ; Mr. Bean 
has not only corrected the list, but he has named numbers 
of plants which were wrongly labelled ; Mr. John Nix, too, 
helped greatly in the arrangement of the list, and James 
Comber, who planted the trees and shrubs, and has cared 
for them through more than twenty summers and winters, 
has supplied points of interest which otherwise would have 
remained unknown. 
I think that the garden may fitly be described as the 
triumph of hope. It was always full of experiments, it gave 
endless pleasure, and if you walk through it, you will see 
the careful thought that was bestowed on each plant. 
MURIEL MESSEL. 
Nymans, 1917. 
