The English flower garden and home grounds :. Design and arrangement shown by existing examples of gardens in Great Britain and Ireland followed by a description of the plants shrubs and trees for the open-air garden and their culture /. by W. Robinson, author of 'The wild garden'. Illustrated with many engravings on wood.
William Robinson (1838-1935)
Category
Books
Date
1905
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Sheringham, Norfolk
NT 3257781
Summary
Bibliographic description
Ninth edition.. xii, 920 p. :. ill., plans ; 23cm. Completely split along joints between both boards and spine. Inserted between pages 118-119, 22cm 12-page green stapled pamphlet Royal Horticultural Society seed and plant catalogue dated 1931, with additional 18cm piece of paper with list of plants titled '1931', handwritten in pencil, inserted between pages 10 and 11. Inserted between pages 238-239, 17cm piece of paper with list of plants titled '1940' and sums on reverse, handwritten in pencil. Inserted between pages 286-287, 14cm torn piece of paper with plant names handwritten in blue ink; 2 x 18cm pieces of paper with list of plant names handwritten in pencil; 18 cm 16-page pink stapled pamphlet Royal Horticultural Society seed and plant catalogue dated 1924, with handwritten pencil annotations; 19 cm 24-page yellow stapled pamphlet Royal Horticultural Society seed and plant catalogue dated 1940, with handwritten pencil and blue ink annotations. Inserted between pages 294 and 295, 13cm folded piece of paper with list of plant names handwritten in pencil. Inserted between pages 314-315, 18cm piece of lined notepaper. Provenance: in ink on front flyleaf recto, inscription: 'Nina Upcher Christmas 1905'. Binding: twentieth-century publisher's dark blue cloth over boards, gilt plant illustration on upper boards, gilt lettering on spine.
Provenance
Acquired by the National Trust in 1986 with the aid of bequests from E.L. Elliot, H. Ridler, D.E. Swiffen and Alice M. Weeks, grant-aid from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Countryside Commission and funds raised by the East Anglian Coast & Countryside Appeal, and an endowment from Mildred Cordeaux, a cousin of Thomas Upcher.
Makers and roles
William Robinson (1838-1935)