Florence Du Cane

Florence Du Cane was a British author best known for travel and gardening books published in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She wrote about places such as the Canary Islands, Sicily, Morocco, and the Balearics, often blending local history, scenery, and everyday observation in an accessible style.

She is also remembered for her partnership with her sister, the artist Ella Du Cane. Together they produced illustrated travel books in which Florence supplied the text and Ella contributed watercolors, creating books that were both informative and visually distinctive.

Alongside travel writing, she published books on gardening and flowers, showing a strong interest in plants and cultivated landscapes. That mix of practical knowledge and pleasure in place gives her work an easy charm that still makes it enjoyable to browse today.