Sir Herbert Maxwell — Scottish Gardens: Being a Representative Selection of Different Types, Old and New

London, Edward Arnold, 1911. Cloth. A smart new edition of this brightly illustrated review of Scottish gardens from Scottish horticulturalist Sir Herbert Maxwell. New edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and thirty-one colour plates. Collated complete. A charming exploration of the great Scottish gardens, with special reference to the different climates of the Highlands and Lowlands. Being a collection of studies and descriptions of important gardens including: Ardgowan in Renfrewshire, Monreith in Wigtownshire, Princes Street Gardens of Edinburgh, Baberton in Midlothian, and Kellie Castle in Fife, amongst many others. Written by Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell, a Scottish novelist, essayist, artist, antiquarian, horticulturalist, prominent salmon angler, and Conservative politician. Illustrated by Mary Georgina Wade Wilson, a Scottish artist known for her watercolor and pastel paintings. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and minor fading to the spine. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting and the odd pencil mark or annotation. Very Good . Ill.: Mary G. W. Wilson. Very Good .