Hosta, Rhododendron, Rose LIB0035071

Hosta, Rhododendron, Rose LIB0035071Ink drawing of Hosta, Rhododendron, Rose by Graham Stuart Thomas.

Colour engraving of Narcisses doubles by P

some including insects

Printed illustration of a chrysanthemum variety 'Nishiki no Mihata' taken from the Japanese publication A Hundred Chrysanthemums by K Hasegawa

William Curtis founded the magazine in 1787 after he left the Chelsea Physic Garden to establish his own botanic garden in Lambeth Marsh

Belgian born Redouté achieved success as a painter working for the French royal court tutoring Marie Antionette and later from 1798 was appointed to paint the flowers of Malmaison by Josephine Bonaparte

Plate 18 from J L M Poiret's book 'Lecons de Flore' depicting flower types printed or painted on vellum

Watercolour by Willliam Hooker of Knights Yellow Crab

Colour engraved plate from Volume 6 of Pierre-Joseph Redouté's 'Les Liliacées'

Watercolour of 'Laurier triomphal' (Laurus nobilis) taken from volume II of 'Flore du désert: receuil des fleurs odorantes dans un coin consacré à une amie'

Colour engraving of Iris xiphium by P

there is evidence to suggest that towards the end of the 19th Century they began to trade collectively as one company

Watercolour and pencil on paper of Paeonia mascula subsp