who find our recreation in a garden, and who work there 
with our own hands, feel an interest in every other garden 
that is made by a flower-enthusiast ; for in every garden 
that has been tended with real affection there is certain 
to be some new thing worth noting, and much to be 
admired. 
And the Sofiero Garden is no exception. It provides 
not only a glorious wealth of beauty, but many new ideas 
that will be of practical worth to the amateur. 
In this book there is only space to deal with the main 
features of the garden ; the thousand-and-one details must 
follow later in a second volume. But to the British 
garden-lover, it is an especial pleasure to note how the 
Princess carried with her to the land of her adoption, the 
keen joy in flowers that is such a characteristic of our own 
country. And so earnestly has she worked to encourage 
garden development in Sweden, that she has come to be 
spoken of affectionately by the Swedish people as “Our 
Flower Princess.” 
Four of the Coloured Plates in this volume are from 
sketches in oils by Her Royal Highness. The remainder 
of the illustrations throughout the book — except where 
otherwise indicated — are from photographs taken by the 
Crown Prince and the Crown Princess of Sweden. 
Flora Klickmann. 
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