Edward Augustus Bowles
(1865-1954)

Died aged c. 89

Edward Augustus (Gus or Gussie) Bowles VMH (14 May 1865 – 7 May 1954) was a British horticulturalist, plantsman and garden writer. He developed an important garden at Myddelton House, his lifelong home at Bulls Cross in Enfield, Middlesex and his name has been preserved in many varieties of plant. The standard author abbreviation Bowles is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

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Commemorated on 2 plaques

Myddelton House Edward Augustus Bowles 1865 – 1954 Botanist and Horticulturalist lived here

On Myddelton House, Bulls Cross, EN2 – above entrance door (Lee Valley Regional Park offices), London, United Kingdom where they lived

Robert Story. The Gargrave schoolmaster-poet lived in this house which was built for him by Matthew Wilson Esq., of Eshton Hall, in the year 1828.

North Street, Gargrave, United Kingdom where they was