The author of 'Bowles' Florist' was an ancestor of E.A. Bowles - and clearly not nearly as fine an artist. Rodger Whitlock wrote: "Consciousness of [E.A. Bowles] is now receding into the mists of the past, to the detriment of modern gardening (imho)." I'm not sure that this is totally accurate: his 'My Garden' books were fairly recently reissued by Timber Press (the third reprinting since the 1970s) and are all available through print on demand, as I discovered when doing my homework when writing a little blog piece about 'My Garden in Spring' recently. EAB's work is by no means forgotten by real plantsmen. For example, Janis Ruksans quotes Bowles on Crocus freely throughout his own new book, 'Crocuses'. There is an active E.A. Bowles of Myddelton House Society http://eabowlessociety.org.uk/ and best of all, the garden at Myddelton House is undergoing active restoration, stimulated by a lottery grant and the vigorous leadership of Head Gardener Andrew Turvey, a seriously impressive young horticulturist. See http://leevalleypark.org.uk/en/content/… Certainly not least effective in stimulating remembrance of his name is Galanthus plicatus 'E.A. Bowles', which originated at Myddelton House, and is a magnificicent poculiform (all white) snowdrop. It hit national and international news in February when a bulb of it was sold on Ebay for £357 (generally, but wrongly, said to have been sold by me). My blog tells the tale... John Grimshaw Visit John Grimshaw's Garden Diary http://johngrimshawsgardendiary.blogspot.com/ Dr. John M. Grimshaw Sycamore Cottage Colesbourne Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9NP Tel. 01242 870567