Fleurs

1909 · réf. 031511 — Lausanne: F. Rouge & Cie Editeurs 1909. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp xxiii 690 title page. Original green cloth binding with white lettering. Binding a little frail top and bottom of the spine frayed. Contents clean and tight patterned endpapers with Prof. Stearn's signature; on the reverse is E.Cleminshaw's signature and address see notes On the title page is an inscription by E. A. Bowles " W. T. Stearn from E. A. Bowles 27. V. 1934". A good copy with an interesting association. Cleminshaw- Botanists who joined the MEC and took interest in lichens; Crocus E A Bowles Edward Augustus Gus or Gussie Bowles VMH 14 May 1865 7 May 1954 known professionally as E. A. Bowles was a British horticulturalist plantsman and garden writer.He developed an important garden at Myddelton House his lifelong home at Bulls Cross in Enfield Middlesex and his name has been preserved in many varieties of plant. Prof Stearn prolific author and botanist. F. Rouge & Cie, Editeurs Hardcover