Amaryllidaceae - Hippeastrum - Amaryllis marmorata + smaragdina Amaryllidaceae - Hippeastrum - Amaryllis marmorata + smaragdina

Amaryllidaceae - Hippeastrum - Amaryllis marmorata + smaragdina
From: Annales de la Société royale d’Agriculture et de Botanique de Gand, Journal d’horticulture by Charles Morren (editor).
Gand [Gent], Local de la Société (Casino), etc., 1845, volume 1, plate 15 & 16). 2 hand-coloured lithographs by Alex. Lagarde (sheet 168 x 257 mm). Slightly wrinkled by damp. Text enclosed.
€ 70
Belgian horticultural journal, published from 1845-1849 by the Royal Agricultural and Botanical Society of Gent, organizer of the famous flower shows in Gent, Gentse Floraliën, since 1809. Started and edited by Charles Morren at the same time as the more successful competitor the Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe of the nurseryman Louis van Houtte.
* Great flower books p. 84; Nissen BBI 2212.