[Vwoolf] Windflowers

[Jane deGay]

Dear Elisa

In 'A Sketch of the Past' Woolf associates her mother with 'passion flowers' (Moments of Being, 2nd edition, Hogarth 1985, p. 66). There's also a lovely photo in Leslie Stephen's photograph album of Julia surrounded by flowers at Talland House (https://www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/rarebook/exhibitions/stephen/38b.htm).

Best wishes
Jane


From: Vwoolf [mailto:vwoolf-bounces+j.degay=leedstrinity.ac.uk at lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Elisa Sparks
Sent: 02 January 2018 00:16
To: List, Woolf <vwoolf at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Subject: [Vwoolf] Windflowers


Dear all--

I am haunted by the phantom memory of Woolf saying somewhere that windflowers (anemones) were her mother's favorites.  I have extensively indexed the novels, diaries, letters, and many essays etc for flower references and cannot locate it.  Have I lost my mind, or can someone else put a finger on it?  (Just scanned Vanessa's Sketches and Leslie's Mausoleum Book as well.)



Perhaps I made it up. Of course there are the two refs in Sketch of the Past -- to her mother's dress and the balloons in Kensington Gardens.  And there is a letter where she has a sentimental attachment to them.





Elisa
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