(Maria) Theresa Earle born (Maria) Theresa Villiers writing as Mrs C. W. Earle (8 June 1836 – 27 February 1925) was a British horticulturist.

She had been encouraged to write this by friends and had been supported by her niece Constance Lytton who typed some of the text.

[2] The book sold quickly and well and in one of the later editions Constance Lytton added a section of Japanese flower arranging.

[1] She married Captain Charles William Earle at St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge in 1864 after he returned from service with the army in India.

[6] Earle promoted a fruit and vegetable diet in which coffee and tea are forbidden.

Adela Curtis, who taught meditation and was also a vegetarian assisted in preparing the book.