Newman, L.H. — Create a Butterfly Garden

John Baker London 115, col frontis, 38 b/w photos, text illus. . HB. Vg in d/w (price-clipped; in removable protective sleeve).. First edition. This book, written by L.Hugh Newman, one of the greatest experts on butterflies, and Moira Savonius, describes exactly how you can help to increase the butterfly population in your own area by making even a small garden into a butterfly sanctuary. Essentially a practical guide it is yet full of charm and gives many glimpses of the author's own garden, which was a great sanctuary for butterflies. L. Hugh Newman (1909-1993) was one of the most distinguished butterfly farmers in the UK. His father, Leonard Newman started Britain's first butterfly farm, in 1894 at Bexley, Kent, which in due course he passed on to his son. Hugh Newman provided researchers, collectors and garden lovers with butterflies. Among his clients was Winston Churchill, who periodically bought butterflies from his farm to release them in his garden at Chartwell. Newman was also an entomology writer and BBC radio presenter (Nature Parliament)..