Rose Moutray Read

Quotes

• “... in Spring we can hold our own with the best. in variety nestle in the s; s dance in radiant glory by the thousand along the banks of streams, and stray into field and woodland; s life their delicate faces at the heel of every hedge, and carpet all the shaws; s are not lacking in the meadows, and the early purple, spotted, green-winged, meadow, and marsh s, spread their lavenders and purples among the lush grass, where the evasive peachy-mauve of adds its shimmer of delicate colour.”
• “In my despair—for it had arrived at that, so futile seemed my killings—I worried experts for some slugicide that would not kill my plants, but only their destroyers; and finally one day in I poured my woes out in the sympathetic ear of . The Director of the has need to be most patient if many others question him as I have done. HIs answer in this case was prompt, direct, and simple—"A and a ."So then the war on s really began.”

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Key dates

Born

1871

Died

2 March 1947

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

female

Citizenship

United Kingdom

Place of death

Wadhurst

Occupation

horticulturist

Languages spoken

English language

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