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Published by published for the Royal Horticultural Society by Bernard Quaritch, London, 1931
Seller: Donald A. Heald Rare Books (ABAA), New York, NY, U.S.A.
8vo. (9 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches). Half-title, title vignette. 100 full-page illustrations. Original brown cloth, covers blocked in blind, the flat spine lettered in gilt and with horizontal fillets in blind A particularly fine copy of this valuable reference work. This volume was issued as a supplemental volume to the Botanical Magazine. It contains images and detailed biographies of the luminaries from all walks of life that had been singled out for the honour of having a volume of the annual magazine dedicated to them: their single uniting factor is their love of plants.