Trees and shrubs hardy in the British Isles
William Jackson Bean (1863-1947)
Category
Books
Date
1919
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Peckover House, Cambridgeshire
NT 3140403
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v.,plates . ill.. . 23cm.. Not indigenous. Meade collection. manuscript letter loose in v.II, headed 'Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh', signed 'R. L. Harrow' and directed to 'Francis Meade Esq. The Hangingshaw Selkirk', identifying a shrub specimen. Vol.I has ms annotations: 478 A 84-7 Đ[erased] for 2 vols complete R.C.H. B.B.". Provenance: Presented to the National Trust by Miss Daphne Meade, 1999, and formerly in the library of Thurland Castle, Lancashire. manuscript inscription in each volume: "F. M. 1921", also nineteenth-century armorial bookplate, lettered: "Francis Henry Meade" [1870-1953].. Binding: Publisher's green cloth, black relief stamp of tree on front covers, spines gilt lettered and stamped with fir cone illustration.
Provenance
Presented to the National Trust by Miss Daphne Meade in 1999, and formerly in the library of Sidney Meade (1839-1917), Canon of Salisbury Cathedral, of Thurland Castle, Lancashire.
Makers and roles
William Jackson Bean (1863-1947)