The American camellia yearbook.
Royal James Wilmot (1898 - 1950)
Category
Books
Date
1946
Materials
Collection
Nymans Estate, West Sussex
NT 3188745
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.. ill., plates (part col.). 24 cm. 1950, 1951, 1961 volumes only. 1950 and 1951 volumes have copies of the American Camellia Quarterly laid in (catalogued separately. Provenance: with a letter from James Comber [i.e. James Comber, (d. 1953) Head Gardener at Nymans from 1895 until 1953] laid in 1951 volume, dated 27.1.1952, thanking Col. Messel for a "very enjoyable evening" spent at Nymans ... Enclosed are some year books of the American Camellia Soc. very kindly sent me by a Mr. Wilbey" [who had visited Holmsted and Nymans] and "wrote afterwards that he 'never enjoyed looking round a garden so much' ". Binding: publisher's green cloth cloth, original pictorial dust jacket, as issued.
Makers and roles
Royal James Wilmot (1898 - 1950) American Camellia Society