CONTENTS

PAGE
[I]
Royal Residences[1]
[II]
Kew in Favour[31]
[III]
The Story of the Gardens[83]
[IV]
The Village: In and about It[113]
[V]
Visiting the Gardens[157]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

1.The Rhododendron Dell[Frontispiece]
FACING PAGE
2.The Wild Garden in Spring[8]
3.The Lake[18]
4.The Queen’s Cottage[30]
5.In Queen’s Cottage Gardens[34]
6.Looking up the Thames[42]
7.The Pagoda[58]
8.The Water-Lily Pond[64]
9.The Palace[78]
10.In the Italian Garden[90]
11.The Ruined Arch[96]
12.The Azaleas[102]
13.The Peonies[108]
14.The Palm Trees and Main Gate[112]
15.The Rhododendron Walk[124]
16.The Poppy Beds[138]
17.The Rosary[146]
18.Wild Hyacinths[152]
19.In the Rock Garden[158]
20.The Palm House[164]
21.The Greenhouse[172]
22.Wild Flowers in the Beech Woods[176]
23.The Lake, looking South[198]
24.The Herbaceous Ground[200]