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Iridaceae - Tritonia flavida From: Curtis’s botanical magazine. Edited by Arthur William Hill. London, The Royal Horticultural Society & Bernard Quaritch, 1940, volume 162, plate 9592. Hand-coloured lithograph by Lilian Snelling (sheet 157 x 252 mm). Text enclosed. € 35
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.* Dunthorne 88; Nissen BBI 2350; Great flower books pp. 83-84; Hunt 689; Stafleu & Cowan 1290.
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