To Please The Outward Senses
The Queen's Garden at Kew has been designed to resemble a seventeenth century garden, incorporating many features of the time. First opened in 1969, it was commenced in 1964. The sunken part of the garden contains plants which were of importance in 17th century everyday life, namely the herbs, used medicinally , and for cooking plus their scent. Each plant is labelled with botanical names of today, the common names used 400 years ago and usually an extract from a 'herbal' of the day in "old" English , describing its uses or 'vertues'. Beautiful hand illustrations accompany each different plant description. A fascinating thin booklet for any botanical historian and herbalist.
Specifications
| Author | Stubbs, Jane (Compiler) |
| Publisher | Royal Botanic Gardens |
| Place Published | Kew |
| Size | 8vo - Octavo, 152mm x 229mm |
| Chapters | Unspecified |
| Pages | Non-paginated |
Condition Report
| Cover | Very slim limp card cover in light olive green with tanning and fading at the bind and upper edge with otherwise no signs of wear , the spine has two staples that are lightly rusted internally but is otherwise sound and unmarked. |
| Overall | Apart from slight fading of the page edges, the text and illustrations are in excellent order with the middle double page still firmly attached and only lightly rust marked at spine. |
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