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                         _OTHER BEAUTIFUL BOOKS
                        ON FLOWERS AND GARDENS_

               Each containing full-page illustrations in
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                     FLOWERS AND GARDENS OF JAPAN
                     ALPINE FLOWERS AND GARDENS
                     BRITISH FLORAL DECORATION
                     DUTCH BULBS AND GARDENS
                     FLOWERS AND GARDENS OF MADEIRA
                     THE GARDEN THAT I LOVE
                     GARDENS OF ENGLAND
                     KEW GARDENS

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                                  THE

                            CHARM OF GARDENS

                                   BY

                         DION CLAYTON CALTHROP

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