Colour in the flower garden

London: "Country Life" and George Newnes, 1908.

First Edition. Handsomely rebound in later, blue half-calf over blue, yellow and red marbled boards; raised bands to spine, with single gilt filets and floral ornaments. Original front endpaper and half-title present. Titlepage printed in red and black. Octavo. pp xiv, 148, [blank], 10p catalogue at the end. 116 b/w photo plates, illusts in the text, folding charts and plans for garden layouts. A volume in the "Country Life" Library series. Gertrude Jekyll created or consulted on over 400 gardens in the UK, Europe and America; her influence on garden design has been pervasive to this day. She spent most of her life in Surrey, England, latterly at Munstead Wood, near Godalming, where she ran a garden centre and bred new plants.

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