Mimpish Squinnies Reginald Farrers Short Guide to Worthless

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Mimpish Squinnies Reginald Farrer’s Short Guide to Worthless Plants

Mimpish Squinnies Reginald Farrer’s Short Guide to Worthless Plants

Reginald Farrer • British plantsman, explorer, writer, plant enthusiast • The English Rock-Garden: Volumes

Reginald Farrer • British plantsman, explorer, writer, plant enthusiast • The English Rock-Garden: Volumes 1 and 2 (1907, 1913) • At least 9 species of plants named after Farrer

June 2 nd, 1919 “I sat down to paint it (the most marvelous and

June 2 nd, 1919 “I sat down to paint it (the most marvelous and impressive Rhododendron I’ve ever seen– gigantic, excellent, with corrugated leaves and great white trumpets stained with yellow inside–a thing alone, by itself WELL worth all the journey up here and everything. ” Watercolor Rhododendron Mc. Kenzianum by Reginald Farrar

 • “Many of the race are very miffy or very mimpish or both…

• “Many of the race are very miffy or very mimpish or both… V. Nivalis is another of the valueless little dirty sad-blue Squinnies. ” • • 14 plant descriptions from Farrer’s The English Rock Garden 14 full-color plant portraits Portrait of Farrer with short biographical note Clamshell case covered in Chinese silk

Collaborative Work • Maureen Sanderson introduction • Hand-colored relief engravings by Abigail Rorer •

Collaborative Work • Maureen Sanderson introduction • Hand-colored relief engravings by Abigail Rorer • Text written by Reginald Farrer • Typesetting done by Michael and Winifred Bixler • Text printed by Michael Russem • Hand bound by Mark Tomlinson and Daniel Gehrich

Rubus Australis “terrible spiny affairs with long thin arms… armed with insatiable little teeth

Rubus Australis “terrible spiny affairs with long thin arms… armed with insatiable little teeth as numerous, vicious, and ivorine as those of sharks. . . ”

Aconitum napellus “ “dismal, so persistent In its malign attendance upon man… in the

Aconitum napellus “ “dismal, so persistent In its malign attendance upon man… in the hope that some day somebody may eat of its poisoned root and die.

Gentiana Brevidens “…weakly rubbish with tight heads of little and insignificant bluish stars…”

Gentiana Brevidens “…weakly rubbish with tight heads of little and insignificant bluish stars…”

Physalis alkekengi “dismal sere decorations of winter… their rank ugliness of summer would certainly

Physalis alkekengi “dismal sere decorations of winter… their rank ugliness of summer would certainly not entitle them. ”

Sources Farrer, Reginald, Abigail Rorer, Maureen Sanderson, Michael Russem, Michael Bixler, Winifred Bixler, and

Sources Farrer, Reginald, Abigail Rorer, Maureen Sanderson, Michael Russem, Michael Bixler, Winifred Bixler, and Mark Tomlinson. Mimpish Squinnies: Reginald Farrer's Short Guide to Worthless Plants. Deluxe ed. Vol. 6. Petersham, MA: Lone Oak, 2007. Print. Hobson Amanda. “Reginald Farrer of Clapham. ” North Craven Heritage Trust (1992). North Craven Heritage Trust. Web. www. northcravenheritage. org. uk/NCHTJto 2009/Journals/1992/J 92 A 13 Petch, Emily. “Reginald Farrer: Dalesman, Intrepid Plant Hunter and Gardener. ” Kew Royal Botanic Gardens (2015). Library Art and Archives. Web. www. kew. org