By Miss Conway and Sir Martin Conway
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By Elizabeth W. Grierson
THE CHILDREN’S BOOK OF CELTIC STORIES
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CHILDREN’S TALES FROM SCOTTISH BALLADS
By Elizabeth W. Grierson
THE CHILDREN’S BOOK OF EDINBURGH
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CHILDREN’S TALES OF ENGLISH MINSTERS
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By G. E. Mitton
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By G. E. Mitton
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Child crouching on path looking at flowers on border in garden
A HERBACEOUS BORDER
title page
THE
CHILDREN’S BOOK
OF
GARDENING
BY
MRS. ALFRED SIDGWICK
AND
MRS. PAYNTER
WITH
TWELVE FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR FROM
DRAWINGS BY MRS. CAYLEY-ROBINSON
LONDON
ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK
1909
‘It is the Spirit of Paradise
That prompts such work, a Spirit strong,
That gives to all the self-same bent
Where life is wise and innocent.’
Wordsworth.
DEDICATED
TO
BETTY, BARBARA, AND CYRIL