Winter-Flowering Plants for Outdoor Borders edited by CH Middleton, the well-known Broadcaster, Horticultural Instructor and Staff Lecturer to the Surrey County Council; first impression 1937; Ward, Lock & Co., Limited London and Melbourne
8vo; 15cm x 19.5cm; green cloth binding; illustrations in black and white and colour; mild wear to board edges; occasional foxing.
Cecil Henry Middleton (1886 – 1945) was a British gardener, writer and was one of the first in a long line of celebrity gardeners from Percy Thrower to Alan Titchmarsh and Monty Don. He broadcast on the radio and BBC during the 1930s and 40s and was involved with the ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign during the Second World War.
Middleton came from a family of gardeners – his father was head gardener at Weston Hall for Sir George Sitwell, father of Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell. Middleton worked at Kew Gardens before Colonel Frank Durham, Secretary of the RHS recommended him to BBC as a broadcaster. His first programme was on 9th May, 1931 and from 1934, he presented a series of gardening talks every Sunday afternoon at 2.15pm.
By 1940, he was attracting 3.5 million listeners although BBC cut his fee when he was unable to broadcast due to bronchitis.
Wrote for the Daily Express and Radio TImes and was an advisor and writer for publications by Boots the Chemist.
Was the author of several books.
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