Margaret Brownlow — Herbs and the Fragrant Garden

London, Darton, Longman and Todd, 1963 . Cloth. Lovely illustrated guide to the traditional herb garden from successful garden designer Margaret Brownlow. Second edition.In publisher's original cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrapper.Profusely illustrated with two double-sided black-and-white plates, two double-sided plates of line-drawing herb-garden plans and 16 further double-sided colour plates. Collated, complete.With a foreword by Sir Edward J. Salisbury, director of Kew Gardens from 1943 to 1956.First published in 1957, this edition being the first to be sold commercially, Herbs and the Fragrant Garden explores the extensive possibilities of the herb garden. From successful garden designer Margaret Brownlow, who exhibited yearly at the Chelsea Flower Show and is also known for her herb garden at Knole country house. This text also features examples of her poetry. In publisher's original cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart with slight bumping and rubbing. More noticeable discolouration to the top edge and a few marks to the front board. Dust wrapper suffers from small closed tears mainly to the top edge and tail of spine, with more significant chip to spine head. Additional rubbing and marking with a visible crease to rear of wrap and a few faint tide marks to the front. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting to the first and last few pages, otherwise bright and clean copy. Very Good . Ill.: Margaret Brownlow. Very Good/Good Only.