Mimpish Squinnies Reginald Farrer’s Short Guide to Worthless Plants.

Reginald Farrer

Mimpish Squinnies Reginald Farrer’s Short Guide to Worthless Plants.

Petersham, MA:

The Lone Oak Press

2007

Number 2 of 40 signed copies with 10 deluxe. Boxed. Engravings by Abigail Rorer of The Lone Oak Press. Letterpress by Michael Russem at Kat Ran Press. Binding by Mark Tomlinson, Easthampton, MA.

Farrer wrote about untrustworthy seeds, plants ‘not much of a muchness,’ and plants so ugly, squinny, and poor that they were only good for the rubbish heap. Farrer could be peevish, he could be a snob, and he could love plants with abandon. – From Introduction

From the Collection of Carolee Campbell