Front matter
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HANDBOOKS OF PRACTICAL GARDENING—IV
EDITED BY HARRY ROBERTS
THE BOOK OF OLD-FASHIONED FLOWERS
AN OLD-FASHIONED GARDEN
THE BOOK OF OLD- FASHIONED FLOWERS AND OTHER PLANTS WHICH THRIVE IN THE OPEN-AIR OF ENGLAND
BY HARRY ROBERTS AUTHOR OF "THE CHRONICLE OF A CORNISH GARDEN"
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS REPRODUCED FROM DRAWINGS BY ETHEL ROSKRUGE
JOHN LANE: THE BODLEY HEAD LONDON AND NEW YORK. MCMI
Turnbull & Spears, Printers, Edinburgh.
TO HOMELY UNAFFECTED PEOPLE WHO APPRECIATE HOMELY UNASSUMING FLOWERS
"The precious metals are not often found at the surface of the earth."—Sir Arthur Helps
"I speak with the lowliest of the meadow flowers as readily as with the highest fir-trees."—Heine