by Sue Shephard
Prunier, Madame, ref 1
Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy, Lady, ref 1
Red Cross, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
Reeves, Ella, ref 1, ref 2
rhododendron, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
rhubarb, ref 1
Rich, Kitty, ref 1
Riis-Hansen, Vagn, ref 1
Ritchie, Nancy, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Robbia, Luca della, ref 1
Robinson, Joyce ‘Robbo’, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8
Robinson, William, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
roses, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7,
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ref 38, ref 39, ref 40, ref 41, ref 42, ref 43,
ref 44, ref 45, ref 46, ref 47, ref 48, ref 49,
ref 50, ref 51, ref 52, ref 53
Rothschild, James de, ref 1, ref 2
Rothschild, Lionel, ref 1
Royal Botanic Gardens, Dublin, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Royal Gardener’s Orphan Fund, ref 1, ref 2
Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10
Royal Opera House, London, ref 1
Royal Sanitary Institute, London, ref 1
Russell, Evelyn, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Russell, Marjorie, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9
Russian church, South Kensington, ref 1
Sackville-West, Vita, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
salvia, ref 1, ref 2
Sambourne, Edward, ref 1
Sambucus racemosa, ref 1
Savouries à la mode (de Salis), ref 1
Schiaparelli, Elsa, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Schrijver, Herman, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Scilla hispanica, ref 1
seakale, ref 1, ref 2
Second World War, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
seed-heads, 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
Selfridge, Gordon, ref 1
Shaw, George Bernard, ref 1
Siberian crab-apple, ref 1
silver-leafed cytisus, ref 1
Simpson, Ernest, ref 1
Simpson, Wallis, ref 1
Sinofranchetia chinensis, ref 1
Sissinghurst, Kent, ref 1, ref 2
skeletonised leaves, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10
Slainte, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Smail, Bettie, ref 1, ref 2
smilax, ref 1
sorrel, ref 1, ref 2
Souhami, Diana, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Southwark Cathedral, ref 1
Sparmannia Africana, ref 1
spindleberry, ref 1
Spry, Constance:
accent, ref 1, ref 2
love for Shav Spry, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
age, secretive about, ref 1
‘All White’ craze and, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
America, sets up shop in New York, ref 1
America, tour of, ref 1
appearance, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
articles, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
artificial effects and flowers, use of, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12
artistry, 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, ref 18, ref 19
Australia, tour of, ref 1
birth, ref 1
books see under individual book title
business, started, ref 1 see also
Flower Decorations, Constance Spry Inc., and Constance Spry Ltd
bouquets, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3,
carpets, designs ‘floral’, ref 1
charm, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10
childhood, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Christmas, love of, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
Christmas decorations, (‘gew-gaws’),
creates 6, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
churches, decoration of, ref 1, ref 2 see also weddings
colour, use of, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, 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, ref 18, ref 19, ref 20, ref 21, ref 22, ref 23, ref 24, ref 25, ref 26, ref 27, ref 28, ref 29, ref 30, ref 31, ref 32, ref 33, ref 34, ref 35, ref 36, ref 37, ref 38, ref 39, ref 40, ref 41, ref 42, ref 43, ref 44, ref 45, ref 46, ref 47, ref 48, ref 49, ref 50, ref 51, ref 52, ref 53, ref 54, ref 55, ref 56, ref 57, ref 58, ref 59, ref 60, ref 61, ref 62
containers (vases, urns, etc.), use of, 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, ref 18, ref 19, ref 20, ref 21, ref 22, ref 23, ref 24, ref 25, ref 26, ref 27, ref 28, ref 29, ref 30, ref 31, ref 32, ref 33, ref 34, ref 35, ref 36, ref 37, ref 38, ref 39, ref 40, ref 41, ref 42, ref 43, ref 44, ref 45, ref 46
cookery, 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,ref 18, ref 19, ref 20, ref 21, ref 22, ref 23
correspondence course on flower arranging, ref 1
death, ref 1, ref 2
defoliating flowers, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9
democratic (blind to class difference), 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
divorce, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
dried flowers, use of, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
education, passion for, 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, ref 18, ref 19, ref 20, ref 21, ref 22, ref 23, ref 24, ref 25, ref 26, ref 6, ref 27, ref 28, ref 29, ref 30, ref 31
exhibitions, ref 1
family, ref 1, ref 2 see also under individual family member name
fashion-conscious, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
finances, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8
floral artist, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
floristry, ambivalence over term, ref 1
flower arranging, early interest in, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8
flower arranging, first commissions, ref 1, ref 2
flower arranging, influence of painting upon, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
flower arranging business see Constance Spry Inc., Constance Spry Ltd, and Flower Decorations
flower arranging shows/competition/involvement in/opinion of, ref 1
flower arranging principles/hallmarks, 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 see also rules and convention, attitude towards
flowerpiece, use of single dramatic, ref 1
flowers, belief in humanising powers of, ref 1, ref 2
flowers, early love of, 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
flowers and plant material, use of different see under individual flower and plant name
food, interest in, 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, ref 18, ref 19, ref 20, ref 21, ref 22, ref 23, ref 24, ref 25, ref 26, ref 27, ref 28
freemasonry of flowers’ and, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
funeral, ref 1
gardening/growing food, 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, ref 18, ref 19, ref 20, ref 21, ref 22, ref 23, ref 24, r
ef 25
gilding flowers/leaves, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
health education, involvement in, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
high-society, relationship with, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11
homosexuality, ref 1, ref 2
as a host, ref 1, ref 2
humour, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
insecurity, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
interior design, influence/views upon, 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
in 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
leaves, use of, 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, ref 18, ref 19, ref 20, ref 21, ref 22, ref 23, ref 24, ref 25, ref 26, ref 27, ref 28, ref 29, ref 30, ref 31, ref 32, ref 33, ref 34, ref 35, ref 36, ref 37, ref 38, ref 39, ref 40, ref 41, ref 42
lecturer, 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, ref 18, ref 19, ref 20, ref 21, ref 22, ref 23
London, first arrives in, ref 1
love life, 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, ref 18, ref 19, ref 20, ref 21, ref 22 see also Spry, Henry Ernest ‘Shav’
loyalty to customers/discretion, ref 1
manners, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7
marriage, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5 see also Spry, Henry Ernest ‘Shav’
naivety, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
1930s, ref 2, ref 3
1940s, ref 2, ref 3
1950s, ref 2, ref 3
Norway, tour of, ref 1
OBE, ref 1
objects, flair for unearthing beautiful, ref 1, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
painting, influence of upon, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7
perfection, passion for, ref 1, ref 2
private life, conceals, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
radio appearances, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
reading, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
restless spirit, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
romantic, ref 1, ref 2
royal patronage, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
royal scandal, ref 1, ref 2
rules and convention, attitude towards, 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
ruthless streak, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
schooldays, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
schools, cookery and flower arranging see Constance Spry Flower School; Constance Spry Modern School of Flower Work; Cordon Bleu Cookery and Flower School and Winkfield Place
Second World War, ref 1, ref 2
sensitivity, ref 1
shops see Flower Decorations, Constance Spry Ltd and Constance Spry Inc. N.Y.
shyness, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
snob, ref 1
table decorating, 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, ref 18, ref 19, ref 20, ref 21, ref 22, ref 23, ref 24, ref 25
tapestry, ref 1
tazzas, use of, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
teacher, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10
TV appearances, ref 1
urns, use of, 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
vases/urns/pots, use of, 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, ref 18, ref 19, ref 20, ref 21, ref 22, ref 23, ref 24, ref 25, ref 26, ref 27, ref 28, ref 29, ref 30, ref 31, ref 32, ref 33, ref 34, ref 35, ref 36, ref 37, ref 38, ref 39, ref 40, ref 41, ref 42, ref 43, ref 44, ref 45, ref 46
vegetables in flower arranging, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
vegetables, growing and cooking, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16, ref 17, ref 18, ref 19, ref 20, ref 21, ref 22, ref 23, ref 24, ref 25, ref 26, ref 27, ref 28
wedding decoration, 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, ref 18, ref 19, ref 20
wiring, use of, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7
wild and cultivated materials, mixing of, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
writing, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8 see also under individual book title
Spry, Henry Ernest ‘Shav’, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9
Ard Daraich, life at, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
CS acknowledges influence of, ref 1, ref 2
CS’s career, attitude towards, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8
CS’s writing, contribution to, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
failure to marry CS, ref 1
first meets CS, ref 1
Gluck and, ref 1
as a host, ref 1
Indian Civil Service, ref 1, ref 2
Old Rectory, Abinger, life at, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
Tony Marr and, ref 1
Val Pirie and, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7
St Lawrence’s Home for Jubilee Nurses, Ireland, ref 1
St Margaret’s, Westminster, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
St Paul’s Cathedral, London, ref 1
Standfast, Florence, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11
stephanotis, ref 1, ref 2
Stiebel, Victor, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12
strelitzias, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Studio, The, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Summer and Autumn Flowers, (Spry) 283, ref 1
sunflowers, ref 1, ref 2
Surrealists, ref 1, ref 2
Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire, ref 1
Swaffer, Hannen, ref 1
Swanley Horticultural College, Kent, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
sweet rocket, ref 1, ref 2
sweet william, ref 1, ref 2
sweet-pea, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Symphoricarpos laevigatus, ref 1
Syrie Ltd, ref 1
syringa, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Taylor, W.G., ref 1
Temple, Molly Mount, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
Thayer, William, ref 1
Thelma, Lady Furness, ref 1
Thomas, Graham, Stuart, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Thurston, Florence, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
toadstools, ref 1
tobacco plant, ref 1
tomatoes, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
Tradescantia, ref 1
Tree, Ronald, ref 1
Trower, Gladys, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Trower, Walter, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10
tulips, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9
twigs, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
Tynan, Katherine, ref 1
verbena,s 160, ref 1
Vernon, Lord, ref 1, ref 2
viburnum, ref 1
Vickers armament factory, Barrow-in-
Furness, ref 1, ref 2
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
violets, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
Vogue, 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
‘Vogue Regency’, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
Voluntary Aid Detachments (VADs), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
WAAF, ref 1
&n
bsp; Waddesdon, ref 1
Walden, Lady Howard de, ref 1, ref 2
Wales, Edward, Prince of, ref 1, ref 2
wallflowers, ref 1
Ward, Freda Dudley, ref 1
Waring, Jill, ref 1
Wartime Kitchen Front, ref 1
water-lilies, ref 1
Watson, Margaret, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
Watts, Arthur, ref 1, ref 2
Webb, Dr Ella, ref 1, ref 2
Weddings, decorationing, 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, ref 18, ref 19, ref 20
Welcome, Henry, ref 1
West, Rebecca, ref 1
Westminster Abbey, London, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
Westminster School Hall, London, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
What’s My Line?, ref 1
Whistler, Rex, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
White, Henrietta, ref 1
Wide, Wide World, The (Warner), ref 1
wild and cultivated materials, mixing of, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Wilkinson, Norman, 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
Williams, Amanda, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
willowherb, ref 1, ref 2
Windsor, Duchess of, ref 1, ref 2 see also Simpson, Wallis
Windsor, Edward, Duke of, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4 see also Wales,Edward, Prince of
Winkfield Place and Spry home, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
Winter and Spring Flowers (Spry), ref 1
wiring, use of, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4,ref 5, ref 6, ref 7
Wisley trial grounds, ref 1, ref 2
wisteria, ref 1, ref 2
Woman’s Own, ref 1
Women’s Day Association of Australia,ref 1
Women’s Employment, ref 1
Women’s National Health Association of Ireland (WNHA), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
Woolf, Virginia, ref 1
Woolton, Lord, ref 1, ref 2
Young (later McQueen), Sheila, 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, ref 18, ref 19, ref 20, ref 21, ref 22
yucca, ref 1
zinnia, ref 1
Endnotes
5 Ensnared with Flowers 1928–1930
* From Andrew Marvell’s poem ‘The Garden’