Rhododendron tricanthum LIB0039940

Rhododendron tricanthum LIB0039940Hand coloured proof print Rhododendron tricanthum by Lilian Snelling.

Johnson was a fellow of the Linnean Society and Botanical Lecturer at Guys Hospital

Illustration of people in traditional dress feeding ornamental carp in a Japanese garden underneath purple Wisteria blossom

Watercolour on silk by an unidentified Chinese artist of flowers identified as Magnolia liliiflora

Ink drawing of Hellborus lividus by Graham Stuart Thomas

published in Curtis's Botanical Magazine

Ink drawing of Cotoneaster laucophyllus by Graham Stuart Thomas

Illustration of trees from Boehmer & Co's catalogue of Japanese plants

Watercolour on paper of Rosa canina (dog rose)

Thomas was a partner at Sunningdale Nurseries in the mid 1940s and Gardens Advisor to the National Trust from 1955

Colour engraving of Lathyrus odoratus (sweet pea) by P

Front cover of the 1871 nursery catalogue of Wheeler & Sons

This is taken from an album of 25 original drawings of flowers which include un-coloured dissections of the flowers and seeds beneath the main illustration