Painted by T. MOWER MARTIN, R.C.A.
Described by A. R. HOPE MONCRIEFF
Containing 24 full-page Illustrations in Colour. Large crown 8vo, cloth, gilt top. Price 6s. net (by post, 6s. 4d.)
Note.—Kew Gardens contain what seems the completest botanical collection in the world, handicapped as this is by a climate at the antipodes of Eden and by a soil that owes less to Nature than to patient art. Before being given up to public pleasure and instruction, this demesne was a royal country seat, especially favoured by George III in days when it would be almost as rural as now is Osborne or Sandringham. This homely king had two houses here, and began to build a more pretentious palace, a design cut short by his infirmities, but for which Kew might have usurped the place of Windsor. For nearly a century it had a close connection with the Royal Family, as the author illustrates in his story of the village and the gardens, while the artist has found most effective subjects in the rich vegetation gathered into this enclosure and in the relics of its former state.
“Mr. Martin’s drawings add much to the value of this fascinating book.”—T.P.’s Weekly.
“Mr. Martin’s pictures are charming.”—Pall Mall Gazette.
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