Mary McMurtrie's Country Garden Flowers - ACC Art Books

This book, using the paintings that Mary McMurtrie left to illustrate an unpublished book on cottage garden flowers, records how she created the garden at Balbithan and used her nursery to distribute the double primroses and cottage garden plants which her husband, John McMurtrie, bequeathed to her. Mary McMurtrie belonged to the small band of enthusiasts, which included Margery Fish and Gladys Emmerson, who grew double primroses during the period after the Second World War. At a time when every fifth day a house of some architectural importance was being demolished, these enthusiasts, along with fellow gardeners, preserved many of the plants from our gardening heritage of the previous centuries. Gently proud of her Scots ancestry, Mary would have been delighted to know that one of her paintings was chosen as a gift for Prince Charles during a visit to The Gordon Highlander Regiment in 2006.

ISBN:	9781870673600
Publisher:	ACC Art Books
Imprint:	Garden Art Press
Published date:	23 Jun 2009
DEWEY:	635.90941
DEWEY edition:	22
Language:	English
Number of pages:	191
Weight:	1132g
Height:	283mm
Width:	225mm
Spine width:	21mm

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