Hobbies & Leisure / Hobbies & Interests - Flower Arranging. / A Constance Spry Anthology by Constance Spry Constance Spry J M Dent and sons 1953 first edition: pink cloth hardcover with gilt lettering to front and spine: approximately 7.5 x 10 inches tall: 112 pages: illustrations by Rex Whistler and Lesley Blanch: 8 full-page colour plates: 31 black and white photographic illustrations (most full-page).  Synopsis: An anthology composed of verses by various poets,and advice and observation on flower arranging  extracted from the publications of Constance Spry, interspersed with photographic illustration of her craft.  The extracts taken from publications entitled "Flowers in House and Garden", "Garden Notebook", "Summer and Autumn Flowers", "Winter and Spring Flowers", "Flower Decoration", "Come into the Garden, Cook", and  articles published in Country Fair, Harper's Bazaar, and  prevoiusly unpublished are presented in chapters entitled : -- The Garden Ravished.  Roses.  I Remember the Past with Delight.  Lovely gardens.  I like work, it fascinates me.  Feast days.  A Man of Vision: the Late Norman Wilkinson of Strawberry House.  Now to the banquet.  The illustrations feature arrangements of roses, Shirley poppies, lupins, green plants and flowers, Lilium Pyrenaicum, the Angels' tears daffodil, hyacinths,  anemones,  pelargoniums, fuchsias,enkianthus, euphorbia, wild  Italian arrum, rhododendron, honeysuckle, lady's lockett, tulips, myrtle,drimys, chrysanthemums, larch and oak , ferns, grasses, contrasting foliage,godetia, snow berries, tradescantia, cannas, eucalyptus, magnolia, Christmas and Lenten hellebores, waterlilies,brugmansia, wild parsnip, artichoke, frosted ivy, alder, iris, holly, Christmas roses, wild strawberries, daisies, cabbage flowers, trees peonies, foxgloves, etc.  Condition: no dust jacket: corners and spine ends bumped: endpapers foxed: overall clean and good. used books
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  • Book Title: A Constance Spry Anthology
  • Author: Constance Spry
  • ISBN: MW00121314321
  • Publisher: Dent
  • Year Published: 1953
  • Status: Sold - We are currently out of stock for this title

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