UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME
By Miss Conway and Sir Martin Conway
THE CHILDREN’S BOOK OF ART
By Elizabeth W. Grierson
THE CHILDREN’S BOOK OF CELTIC STORIES
By Elizabeth W. Grierson
CHILDREN’S TALES FROM SCOTTISH BALLADS
By Elizabeth W. Grierson
THE CHILDREN’S BOOK OF EDINBURGH
By Elizabeth W. Grierson
CHILDREN’S TALES OF ENGLISH MINSTERS
By G. E. Mitton
THE CHILDREN’S BOOK OF LONDON
By G. E. Mitton
THE CHILDREN’S BOOK OF STARS
By G. E. Mitton
THE BOOK OF THE RAILWAY
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A HERBACEOUS BORDER
THE
CHILDREN’S BOOK
OF
GARDENING
BY
MRS. ALFRED SIDGWICK
AND
MRS. PAYNTER
WITH
TWELVE FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR FROM
DRAWINGS BY MRS. CAYLEY-ROBINSON
LONDON
ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK
1909
‘It is the Spirit of Paradise
That prompts such work, a Spirit strong,
That gives to all the self-same bent
Where life is wise and innocent.’
Wordsworth.
DEDICATED
TO
BETTY, BARBARA, AND CYRIL