THE PRAISE OF GARDENS

GARDENS

ANCIENT AND MODERN

AN EPITOME OF THE LITERATURE OF

THE GARDEN-ART

WITH AN

HISTORICAL EPILOGUE

BY

ALBERT FORBES SIEVEKING, F.S.A.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

MENT

LONDON

J. M. DENT & CO.

ALDINE HOUSE, 29 & 30 BEDFORD STREET, W.C.