[The cowslip]

Information

Title
[The cowslip]
Record type
Digitised Book Plate Collection
Original Reference
BP/101843-1001/5
Author or creator
Robertson; Henry Robert (1839-1921); author
Date
1900-1915
Scope & content
Coloured plate depicting children playing with cowslip [Primula veris] balls. The book explains that a cowslip ball is made by picking clusters of flowers, hanging them over a string, pressing them closely together, drawing the string and tying it. The book plate bears the imprint 'HRR'. From the book 'Plants we play with' by Henry Robert Robertson
Level
Item
Extent
1 item
Is part of
Plants we play with
Subjects
Portrait format
children (people by age group)
folklore (culture-related concept)
children's literature
Repository
Royal Horticultural Society Lindley Library
Plant Genus
Primula
Copyright
No known copyright restrictions
Credit Line
RHS Lindley Collections
Usage terms
Public Domain