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Asteraceae -
Tridax gaillardioides From: Flora and sylva. A monthly review for lovers of garden, woodland, tree or flower; new and rare plants, trees, shrubs, and fruits; the garden beautiful, home woods, and home landscape by William Robinson (editor). London, the editor, 1904, volume 2, no. 12. Chromolithograph after painting by H.G. Moon (sheet 233 x 320 mm). Finely illustrated uncut text of half issue enclosed. € 90
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. Among the artists whom he employed was Henry Moon, who struck a new and
personal, if not entirely healthy, note in botanical illustration. … (Blunt &
Stearn). Of the well-produced monthly journal Flora and sylva, printed on
hand-made paper, only 3 volumes with 66 colour-plates after paintings by Henry
George Moon were published.* Blunt & Stearn pp. 238-240; Nissen BBI 2251. www.meemelink.com · index · Asteraceae |