Bates (H.E.) A Love of Flowers, autograph manuscript signed, published in 1971.

Bates (Herbert Ernest, writer, 1905-74) A Love of Flowers, autograph manuscript signed, c. 270pp., written on rectos, numerous corrections and revisions, some text duplicated in typescript (also with corrections), a few with small tears in corners where previously pinned, loose, housed in a modern morocco-backed box, 4to, n.d. [published 1971].

⁂ H.E. Bates on his Kentish garden. With strong opinions on gardening, and the world of plants, including the use of Latin names for plants, instead of old English names. "Ruskin is dead. The compilers of catalogues, however, are still with us, still ready to out-Ruskin Ruskin. I observe that bell-flower isn't bad enough for one of them." - Bates.