Johnstone a j h ed (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. pp.xxii, 312. 8vo. Hardback. Contents fine. Original gilt decorated blue cloth boards lightly rubbed, o/w. in fine condition. From the library of Charles Saville Roundell (1827-1906), British author and MP, with his name and address to front paste down. A undated letter from Olga Landsberg written to Mrs Berkeley (of Spetchley Park, Worcester) loosely inserted. Scarce. An advocate of naturalistic planting and complimentary colour schemes as early as the mid-19th century, Frances Jane Hope (1822-1880) originally wrote the articles reprinted in this work (printed posthumously), for the journals 'Gardener's Chronicle' and 'The Garden'.…