Flowers Shown To The Children
This first one is part of a series and there are a couple of the bird volumes in the shop.
The illustrations are beautiful but in my copy there are a few carefully pressed examples of the flowers tucked into the pages. I love this connection to the previous owner of the book.
Flower-Growing For Shows
This book I love purely for the cover. Anyone who has been involved in country flower shows will understand how perfect this image is.
A Book Of Common Flowers
Again the cover of this book is lovely.
and the illustrations inside.
A Book Of Wild Flowers
This is a wonderful book which my mum bought for me many years ago.
How To Draw Flowers
Finally for this blog the beautiful Tulipomania with the wonderful title.
Here is the book plate. I should add I bought it from a shop!
These are wonderful. I especially love the 'Flower-growing for shows' title - what a great cover!
ReplyDeleteI also have a collection of old flower books. My favourite is Constance Spry's 'How to do the Flowers' - it's an absolute classic.