THE
SHAKESPEARE GARDEN
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, NEW PLACE, BORDER OF ANNUALS
THE SHAKESPEARE GARDEN
BY ESTHER SINGLETON
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS
FROM PHOTOGRAPHS
AND REPRODUCTIONS OF
OLD WOOD CUTS
PUBLISHED BY THE CENTURY CO.
NEW YORK 
M CM XX II
Copyright, 1922, by
The Century Co.
Printed in U. S. A.
To the memory of
MY MOTHER
whose rare artistic tastes and whose cultured
intellect led me in early years to the appreciation
of shakespeare and all manifestations
of beauty in literature and art
PREFACE
In adding another book to the enormous numberof works on Shakespeare, I beg indulgence for afew words of explanation.
Having been for many years an ardent and adevoted student of Shakespeare, I discovered longago that there was no adequate book on the Elizabethangarden and the condition of horticulture inShakespeare's time. Every Shakespeare studentknows how frequently and with what subtle appreciationShakespeare speaks of flowers. Shakespeareloved all the simple blossoms that "paint the meadowswith delight": he loved the mossy banks inthe forest carpeted with wild thyme and "noddingviolets" and o'er-canopied with eglantine and honeysuckle;he loved the cowslips in their gold coatsspotted with rubies, "the azured harebells" and the"daffodils that come before the swallow dares"; heloved the "winking mary-buds," or marigolds, that"ope their golden eyes" in the first beams of themorning sun; he loved the stately flowers of statelygardens—the delicious musk-rose, "lilies of allkinds," and the flower-de-luce; and he loved all the[Pg viii]new "outlandish" flowers, such as the crown-imperialjust introduced from Constantinople and "lark'sheels trim" from the West Indies.
Shakespeare no doubt visited Master Tuggie'sgarden at Westminster, in which Ralph Tuggie andlater his widow, "Mistress Tuggie," specialized incarnations and gilliflowers, and the gardens ofGerard, Parkinson, Lord Zouche,