The Surprising Life of Constance Spry

by Sue Shephard

  Education Act 1918, ref 1

  Edward VIII, King, ref 1 see also

  Wales, Edward, Prince of and

  Windsor, Edward, Duke of

  Elizabeth Arden, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Elizabeth II, Queen (formerly Princess Elizabeth), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9,

  Coronation of, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Encyclopaedia of Practical Cookery, ref 1

  eremurus, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  erythronium, ref 1

  eucalyptus, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  euphorbia, ref 1

  Farmer, Fannie Merritt, ref 1

  Farmer, Zoë, ref 1

  Farmhouse Fare, ref 1

  Favourite Flowers (Spry), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3,

  ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  Federation of Women’s Institutes, ref 1

  Fenton, James, ref 1

  ferns, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7,

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  Fine Art Society, exhibitions, ref 1, ref 2

  fireweed, ref 1, ref 2

  First World War, 1914–1918, ref 1,ref 2, ref 3

  Fisher, Herbert, ref 1, ref 2

  Fisher, Louise, ref 1

  Fletcher, Arnold (brother), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3,

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  Fletcher, Donald (brother), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3,

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  Fletcher, George (father), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3,

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  Fletcher, Gilbert (brother), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3,

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  Fletcher, Henrietta Maria ‘Etty’

  (mother), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6,

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  Fletcher, Kenneth (brother), ref 1

  Fletcher, Lynton (brother), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Fletcher, Marjorie (sister-in-law), ref 1,

  ref 2

  Fletcher, Norma, ref 1

  Floral Academy Show, 1952, ref 1

  Flower Decoration (Spry), ref 1, ref 2,

  ref 3

  Flower Decoration in the House (Jekyll), ref 1

  Flower Decorations, London, ref 1

  ‘Arts’ department, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Belgrave Road, ref 1

  first started, ref 1, ref 2

  Burlington Gardens, ref 1

  church decorating, ref 1, ref 2

  Christmas decorations, ref 1, ref 2,

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  clients, relationship with, ref 1,

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  corsages, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5,

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  debutante customers, ref 1, ref 2,

  ref 3

  distressed furniture, ref 1, ref 2

  finances, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  gathering of flowers for, ref 1, ref 2

  grand customers, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3,

  ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7

  growth of, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  lawsuit against, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Limited company, becomes, ref 1

  renamed Constance Spry Ltd, ref 1 see

  also Constance Spry Ltd

  Second World War, ref 1, ref 2

  shop staff, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4,

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  South Audley Street, ref 1, ref 2,

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  Wedding Room, ref 1, ref 2

  weddings, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4,

  ref 5

  see also Constance Spry Inc. and

  Constance Spry Ltd

  Flowers in House and Garden (Spry), ref 1, ref 2

  Flowers in the Home (Watt), ref 1

  Fogarty, Mary, ref 1

  forget-me-not, ref 1, ref 2

  Forrestal, Josephine, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Fort Belvedere, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Fortnum & Mason, ref 1

  Foss, George, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4,

  ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10,

  ref 11, ref 12

  foxgloves, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  frangipani, ref 1, ref 2

  Frank, Jean-Michel, ref 1

  Fraser, Lovat, ref 1, ref 2

  fritillaries, ref 1

  fruit, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6,

  ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12,

  ref 13, ref 14

  Garden Clubs of America, ref 1

  Garden Illustrated, ref 1

  Garden Notebook (Spry), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Garden That I Love (Karr), ref 1

  Gardener’s Chronicle, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3,

  ref 4

  gardenia, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Garland, Madge, ref 1

  gentian, ref 1

  George V, King, ref 1, ref 2

  George VI, King, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3,

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  geranium, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Gerard, John, ref 1

  Gibbons, Grinling, ref 1, ref 2

  Gibbs, Vicary, ref 1

  Gielgud, Eleanor, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Gielgud, John, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  gladioli, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  Gloucester, Duke of, ref 1

  gloxinia, ref 1

  Gluck (Hannah Gluckstein), ref 1,

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  Good Housekeeping, ref 1

  Good Housekeeping Institute, ref 1

  Good Soups (Heath), ref 1

  Gould, Ros, ref 1

  Granada cinemas, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  grapes, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  Gravetye Manor, Sussex, ref 1

  Greville, Mrs Ronald, ref 1

  Grimond, Jo, ref 1

  Grimond, Laura, ref 1

  Guardian, ref 1, ref 2

  Guildhall, London, ref 1

  gypsophila, ref 1, ref 2

  Habitat, ref 1

  Hackett, Eva, ref 1, ref 2

  Haddon, Norman, ref 1

  Hammamet, Tunisia, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3,

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  Harding, Gilbert, ref 1

  Harlow, Jean, ref 1

  Harper’s Bazaar, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Hartnell, Norman, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4,

  ref 5

  Hatchet Restaurant, London, ref 1, ref 2

  hawthorn, ref 1

  Haxton, Gerald, ref 1

  Hay, Roy, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Heal, Ambrose, ref 1

  Heals, London, ref 1, ref 2

  helichrysum, ref 1

  hellebore, ref 1, ref 2

  Henderson, Keith, ref 1, ref 2

  Henley Regatta, ref 1

  Henson, Jean, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Henson, Violet, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3,

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  Hepburn, William, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Hill, Oliver, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  hippeastrums, ref 1

  hogweed, ref 1

  Holden, Daphne, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Hole, Dean, ref 1

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sp; hollyhock, ref 1

  Homerton and South Hackney Day

  Continuation School, London,

  ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7,

  ref 8, ref 9

  honeysuckle, ref 1, ref 2

  hops, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Horlick, Betsan, ref 1

  hosta sieboldiana, ref 1

  Hostess (Spry/Hume), ref 1

  House and Gardens, ref 1, ref 2

  Housewife Magazine, ref 1

  How to Do the Flowers (Spry), ref 1

  Howard, Lady Alice, ref 1

  Hoyningen-Huene, George, ref 1, ref 2

  Hume, Rosemary, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3,

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  ref 22, ref 23, ref 24, ref 25, ref 26

  hyacinth, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  hydrangea, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5,

  ref 6, ref 7

  ICI, ref 1

  ikebana, ref 1

  In a Gloucestershire Garden (Ellacombe), ref 1

  Inchbald, Gill, ref 1, ref 2

  India-rubber, plant, ref 1

  Ingwersen, Will, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Inland Revenue, ref 1, ref 2

  Ireland, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6,

  ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13

  Irish Department of Agriculture and

  Technical Instruction, ref 1, ref 2,

  ref 3, ref 4

  Irish Educational Review, ref 1

  Irish Gardening, ref 1

  Irish Industries Association, ref 1

  Irish Times, ref 1

  iris, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  J.M. Dent, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  James, Anne Scott, ref 1

  Japanese flower arranging, ref 1

  jasmine, ref 1, ref 2

  Jellico, Geoffrey, ref 1

  Johnstone, George, ref 1

  Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, ref 1

  juniper, ref 1

  Kacew, Romain (Romain Gary), ref 1

  kale, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7,

  ref 8, ref 9

  Karinska, Madame, ref 1

  Kew Gardens, London, ref 1

  King Edward’s School, Moseley, ref 1

  King’s College, London, ref 1

  Kirkpatrick (later Milbank), Helen,

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  Kirkpatrick, Kirk, ref 1

  Klee, Paul, ref 1

  Komisarjevsky, Theodore, ref 1, ref 2,

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  laburnum, ref 1

  ladies’ bedstraw, ref 1

  lady’s locket, ref 1

  Laib, Paul, ref 1

  Lancaster House, London, ref 1, ref 2,

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  Lancaster, Osbert, ref 1

  Land Army, ref 1

  Laughton, Charles, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3,

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  laurel, ref 1, ref 2

  Lawrence, Sir William, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3,

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  Le Touquet, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  leaves, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7,

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  Lethaby, William, ref 1

  lilac, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7,

  ref 8

  lilies, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6,

  ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12,

  ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16, ref 17

  lily-of-the-valley, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  lime trees, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Lindsay, Norah, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Lloyd-Wright, Frank, ref 1

  London Can Take It, ref 1

  London County Council, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  London Flower Guild, ref 1, ref 2

  London Pavilion Theatre, ref 1

  London School of Economics, ref 1

  lotus, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Lovett, Adele, ref 1, ref 2

  Lucas, Dione, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Lutyens, Emily, ref 1

  Lutyens, Mary, ref 1

  Lydis, Comtesse de Govonne, Mariette, ref 1

  Madonna lily, ref 1, ref 2

  magnolia, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5,

  ref 6

  maidenhair fern, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Mainbocher, ref 1, ref 2

  majolica, ref 1

  Man of Sorrows, The (Hubbard), ref 1

  Man Ray, ref 1

  Mansion House, London, ref 1

  Mansion House, London, ref 1

  Margaret, Princess, ref 1

  marguerite, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  marigold, ref 1, ref 2

  Markham, Ernest, ref 1

  Marr, Alice, ref 1, ref 2

  Marr, Anthony (son), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4,

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  Marr, Enid, ref 1

  Marr, James Heppell (husband), ref 1,

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  Marr, Joan (stepdaughter), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3,

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  Marr, Josephine, ref 1

  Marr, Maggie, ref 1, ref 2

  Marr, Vita, ref 1, ref 2

  Mary, Queen, ref 1, ref 2

  Mason, Mabel, ref 1

  Massine, Leonid, ref 1, ref 2

  Maufe, Edward, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Maufe, Prudence, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Maugham, Liza, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Maugham, Syrie, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3,

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  Maugham, Syrie, (cont.)

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  Maugham, William Somerset, ref 1

  McCardle, Claire, ref 1

  McNicol, Pamela, ref 1

  Meconopsis grandis, ref 1

  Mendl, Elsie, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Messel, Alice, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Messel, Leonard, ref 1

  Messel, Oliver, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4,

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  ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15

  mignonette, ref 1, ref 2

  milkweed pods, ref 1

  Miller, Lee, ref 1

  Mills, Mrs Ogden, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  mimosa, ref 1

  Ministry of Information, London, ref 1, ref 2

  Ministry of Munitions, London, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Mole, Sir Charles, ref 1, ref 2

  Monckton, Walter, ref 1

  Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Lady Alice, ref 1

  Moore, Lady Phyllis, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Moore, Sir Frederick, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Morris, William, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  moss, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7

  Mountbatten, Lord, ref 1

  Moyses Stevens, ref 1, ref 2

  Murfitt, Rex, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  myrtle, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Nash, Paul, ref 1, ref 2

  National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies (NAFAS), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Nat
ional Health Society, ref 1

  National Shell Factory, ref 1

  New York, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  New York City Ballet, ref 1

  New York World’s Fair, ref 1, ref 2

  New Zealand flax, ref 1

  Nichols, Beverley, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10

  Nicholson, Harold, ref 1, ref 2

  Norfolk, Duchess of, ref 1

  Norfolk, Duke of, ref 1, ref 2

  Norman, Sir Eric de, ref 1

  Novello, Ivor, ref 1, ref 2

  Oakley, Barbara, ref 1, ref 2

  Obermeyer, Nesta, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Old Rectory, Abinger, Surrey, ref 1,

  80–1, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  old-man’s beard, ref 1, ref 2

  oleander, ref 1

  Oppenheimer, Sir Francis & Jane, ref 1, ref 2

  orchid, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  Oria, Madame, ref 1

  Osler, Sir William, ref 1

  ox-eye daises, ref 1

  palms, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  pansies, ref 1, ref 2

  Park Gate, Kent, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12

  Parkinson, John, ref 1

  Party Flowers (Spry), ref 1

  passion flowers, ref 1

  peonies, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  pepperomia, ref 1

  pepper-tree, ref 1, ref 2

  philadelphus (orange blossom), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  Philip, Prince, ref 1, ref 2

  Philipson, Mrs ‘Winkie’, ref 1

  Phillips, Brigadier Lucas, ref 1

  phlox, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Phoenix (caravan), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Piercy, Harold, ref 1, ref 2

  Pierotti, Ivy, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  pine cones, ref 1

  pyrethrum, ref 1

  Pirie, Val, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 6, ref 17, ref 18, ref 19, ref 20, ref 21, ref 22, ref 23, ref 24, ref 25, ref 26

  plant material, use of, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10

  Platt, June, ref 1

  Plunkett, Horace, ref 1, ref 2

  poinsettias, ref 1

  polyanthus, ref 1

  Pope, Mary, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  poppies, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Portarlington, Lady Winnifreda, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Porter, Cole, ref 1, ref 2

  Portland, Lord, ref 1

  Pot Pourri from a Surrey Garden (Earle), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  primroses, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Prince George, Duke of Kent, ref 1, ref 2

  Prior-Wandesforde, Captain ‘Dick’, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  proteas, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3