FOREWORD 
conditions, the results of which the author has also sought 
to consider. 
Some difficulty has been felt in properly ascribing the 
ownership of a number of the gardens illustrated. As a 
rule, there is but one recognized director of the garden’s 
welfare — rarely are two members of a household equally 
interested. While he is by custom acknowledged master 
of the house, it is oftener she who rules supreme among 
the flowers. Misnaming the real possessor might be a 
serious mistake ; attributing the ownership to two is 
superfluous; the benefit, where any doubt existed, has 
been therefore given to the fair sex, with due apology for 
possible errors. 
Louise Shelton. 
Morristown, N. J., 
October 28, 1915. 
