Handy book of the flower-garden . being practical directions for the propagation, culture, and arrangement of plants in flower-gardens all the year round by David Thomson [...].
David Thomson
Category
Books
Date
1868
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 3047221
Summary
Bibliographic description
xii,364,4,20p., [7] plates . 8vo.. With half-title.. Provenance: Armorial bookplate: Robert Henry Hobart Cust (motto "Qui Cust odit caveat"). manuscript inscription on half-title: "Victoria M L Yorke left to Robert Henry Hobart Cust January 1895. Aberaenffra" [i.e. left to Robert Cust by his cousin Victoria Mary Louisa Yorke (1823-1895)].. Binding: Publisher's embossed, gilt-lettered green cloth binding.
Provenance
Given by Philip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.
Makers and roles
David Thomson