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Asteraceae - Thelesperma filifolium - Coreopsis filifolia From: Curtis’s botanical magazine; or flower garden displayed. Conducted by Samual Curtis. The descriptions by William Jackson Hooker. London, Samual Curtis, 1836, volume 63, plate 3505. Hand-coloured engraving by Joseph Swan (sheet 160 x 253 mm). Text enclosed. € 55
The first and most important botanical magazine made up of ‘figures’ of plants and short descriptions.
Provides a storehouse of exotics, paralleling the indigenous plants … (Hunt).
A delightful work pictorially, never excelled as a periodical, most carefully
coloured and a source of lasting interest and information (Dunthorne). Started
by William Curtis in 1787 publication still continues.* Pritzel 2007; Dunthorne 88; Nissen BBI 2350; Great flower books pp. 83-84; Hunt 689; Henrey 472; Stafleu & Cowan 1290.
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