'Paeonia moutan' [Paeonia suffruticosa] Margaret Meen

'Paeonia moutan' [Paeonia suffruticosa] Margaret MeenWatercolour on paper by an unknown Japanese artist from an album titled 'Plantae Icones Japonicae' formerly owned by Reginald Cory (1871 1934).

Illustrated plate from a Victorian childrens book 'The Alphabet of Flowers' published by John Dicks of 313

Taken from Volume I of 'Regne Vegetal' which contains botanical drawings by at least four identified artists

Coloured engraved plate entitled 'Magnolia lauri folio subtus albicante

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

London: [1812]

Illustration of twenty-five American plants

Watercolour on vellum illustration of Delphinium elatum by Margaret Meen

The warrants displayed on the cover denote that Carters supplied seeds and bulbs to members of the Royal Family at this time

Front cover of the 1888 Burpee's Farm Annual for Garden

allium Guardsman

Calluna Beauty Ladies Pink

Pyracantha Fire Cascade