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Gesneriaceae - Ramondia pyrenaica From: The garden. An illustrated weekly journal of horticulture in all its branches by William Robinson (editor). London, 1890, January - June, volume 37, plate 735. Chromolithograph by Guillaume Severeyns after painting by O. Forster (sheet 218 x 282 mm). Illustrated text enclosed. € 260
"All gardeners owe an infinite
debt of gratitude to William Robinson - founder of The Garden (1871-1927)
and Flora and Sylva (1903-05), and author of The English Flower Garden
(1883, etc.) and other works - who helped to break the tyranny of formal bedding
and, like Ruskin, drew attention to the beauties of the wild garden. …" (Blunt &
Stearn). The beautiful colour-plates of The Garden, a popular
horticultural publication, were lithographed and printed by the Belgian firm G.
Severeyns and its successor J.L. Goffart, notable for their craftmanship.* Blunt & Stearn pp. 239-240; Nissen BBI 2264; BPH 391-10. www.meemelink.com | index | Gesneriaceae |