Plate 24 LIB0002195Hand coloured engraved plate from Johannes Gessner's book 'Tabulae Phytographicae'. Gessner was a botanist, geologist and respected correspondent of Linnaeus. He was among the first botanists to adopt the Linnean system of classification. Gessner died before 'Tabulae Phytographicae' was completed and it was published after his death.
This is taken from Jekyll's sketchbook held in the Lindley Library which contains designs and sketches of gardening subjects and architectural features by the famous horticulturalist
Watercolour of radishes and carrots by Jean Charles Verbrugge
Watercolour of Eucryphia × nymansensis and Fuchsia 'Mount Stewart' by Graham Stuart Thomas
The publication contains 144 colour plates of flowers with some including insects and is dedicated to the princesses Louise and Marie d'Orléans
There is evidence to suggest that towards the end of the 19th Century they began to trade collectively as one company
Watercolour of Cotoneaster microphyllus
Engraving of Apatura iris
Thomas was a partner at Sunningdale Nurseries in the mid 1940s and Gardens Advisor to the National Trust from 1955
Attributed to the Chinese artist or collector Wang Lui Chi
Colour plate of an orchid plant taken from James Bateman's book 'The Orchidaceae of Mexico & Guatemala'
there is evidence to suggest that towards the end of the 19th Century they began to trade collectively as one company
and is dedicated to the princesses Louise and Marie d'Orléans
