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Flora: An Illustrated History of the Garden Flower

Flora: An Illustrated History of the Garden Flower


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With stunning illustrations from the Royal Horticultural Society's Lindley Library collection and concise text by Royal Horticultural Society archivist Dr. Brent Elliott, Flora tell the fascinating story of the worldwide botanical exploration undertaken over the past 500 years.

Founded in 1804, the RHS led the way in sending collectors around the world in search of new floral species, fostering the domestic cultivation of the garden flowers we know and love today. In the process the RHS has built an unrivaled collection of stunning artworks and rare books covering five centuries of plant history. The Society's Lindley Library is one of the world's finest horticulture archives, containing more than 250,000 paintings, illustrations and rare books.

The illustrations in Flora, many by the great names in botanical art, are notable not only for their historical value in charting the development of garden flowers, but also for their indisputable beauty and artistic merit. Flora is divided into six geographical sections: Europe; Middle East; Southern & Tropical Africa; Australasia & The Pacific; The Americas; and Asia. Biographies of the botanists and artists are also included.

The history of botanical illustration is long and broad. Today, the art is undergoing a renaissance: botanical illustrations are found on everything from greeting cards to wallpaper to expensive original artworks. This spectacular collection of Royal Horticultural Society illustrations will capture the attention of gardeners and art lovers alike.



About the Author :

Dr. Brent Elliott is archivist of the Royal Horticultural Society. He is author of Victorian Gardens, The Country House Garden and Treasures of the Royal Horticultural Society.



Review :
A coffee table book for the sophisticated green thumb.--Detroit News (12/03/2001) A fascinating work of reference as well as a joy to behold.--Economist (12/01/2001) A pleasurable journey through the history of botany and horticulture ... The book makes for a marvelous winter diversion for the gardener, a chance to reflect on how far we have come in the garden in just a few short generations, and on the men and women who made it possible.-- (11/25/2001) Elliott's elegant flower history is that rare example of a collector's item available in the home gardener's price range. Stunningly illustrated, the work matches the passion of the flower lover with the scholar's command of fact and the artist's eye for grace and sweep.-- (01/01/2002) This book is a fascinating story of the grand obsession of the discovery and introduction of plants into European gardens ... Over 300 beautiful botanical color plates.-- (09/01/2002) Unique and spectacular.--Maclean's (12/10/2001) At first glance, this gorgeous volume appears to be an art book, but the nature of its art, hundreds of superior botanical illustrations reaching back several centuries and chronicling nearly 500 years of plant exploration and horticultural experimentation, defines it as a work of science history.--Donna Seaman"Booklist" (12/01/2001) Flora offers a garden of delights preserved forever on paper.--Jennifer Elizabeth Jenkins"Victoria" (05/01/2002) It's as though we were able to see the plant as it appeared on its first introduction, when all the excitement that attaches to a new variety or a new species could still be felt.--Verlyn Klinkenborg"New York Times Book Review" (12/02/2001) Spectacular examples of five centuries of botanical illustration taken from drawings and printed works in the Royal Horticultural Society's collection.--Daniel Starr"Library Journal" (12/01/2001) This is not a work of technical botany, but it rests on deep knowledge enlivened by pictures by careful and often inspired artists over many centuries.--Raymond Sokolov"Wall Street Journal" (11/30/2001) Elliott's book belongs in the home of every person touched by the beauty of flowers and gardens and touched by the intricacies of history.--Charlotte A. Tancin "Journal of the New England Garden History Society "


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781552096048
  • Publisher: Firefly Books Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Firefly Books Ltd
  • Height: 323 mm
  • No of Pages: 335
  • Spine Width: 30 mm
  • Weight: 2699 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1552096041
  • Publisher Date: 03 Nov 2001
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: An Illustrated History of the Garden Flower
  • Width: 277 mm


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