Epacridaceae - Cosmelia rubra
From: Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe by Charles Lemaire and others.
Gand [Gent], Louis van Houtte, 1856, volume 10, plate 1175. Chromolithograph finished by hand
(sheet 160 x 240 mm). Text enclosed.€ 40
The founder, publisher and part-editor of this lavish Belgian periodical was Louis
van Houtte, the propietor of the largest nursery of its time on the
continent. It appeared monthly for almost 40 years and was published by
his own printing office in the middle of the gardens, the Horto van
Houtteano. All the plants shown were for sale in his nursery and include
many exotics. The work is notable for the craftmanship of the Belgian
lithographers Severeyns, Stroobant and De Pannemaker, who had mastered the
art of colour-printing from stone.
* Great flower books p. 84; Nissen BBI 2254; Stafleu & Cowan 15.921.
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Epacridaceae - Epacris impressa - Epacris campanulata
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., 1847, volume 3, plate 143.
Hand-coloured lithograph (sheet 168 x 258 mm). Text enclosed.€ 50
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 Flore des
serres et des jardins de l’Europe of the nurseryman Louis van Houtte.
* Great flower books p. 84; Nissen BBI 2212.
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Epacridaceae - Epacris pulchella
From: The
botanical cabinet, consisting of coloured delineations of plants from all
countries … by Conrad Loddiges.
London, C. Loddiges & Sons, etc., 1818,
volume 2, plate 194. Hand-coloured engraving (sheet 156 x 210 mm). Text
enclosed.€ 50
A total of 20 volumes of this periodical were published from 1817-1833. The beautiful engravings are by George Cooke from drawings by George
Loddiges, William Loddiges and others. They depict plants growing in the Hackney
nursery, founded by Conrad Loddiges and bearing his name. The establishment
became famous for its many rare plants.
* Pritzel 5559; Dunthorne 187; Great
flower books p. 85; Nissen BBI 2228; Stafleu & Cowan 4914; SABLIT 765; Johnston 806.
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Epacridaceae - Epacris (varieties)
From: The
garden. An illustrated weekly journal of horticulture in all its branches by
William Robinson (editor).
London, 1884, July - December, volume 26, plate 450.
Chromolithograph (sheet 217 x 280 mm). Text enclosed.€ 75
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). From 1880 Henry George Moon’s plant portraits dominated the pages of
The Garden, a popular horticultural publication. Renowned for his lifelike
paintings of orchids, Moon appealed to Robinson because of his ability to sketch
flowers in a graceful, naturalistic style. The subtle colourings of his
paintings and simple arrangement of flowers were very unlike the more stylised
renderings that appeared in competitors’ publications. The beautiful
colour-plates were lithographed and printed by the Belgian firms G. Severeyns
and J.L. Goffart, notable for their craftmanship.
* Blunt & Stearn pp. 239-240;
Nissen BBI 2264; B-P-H 391-10.
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Epacridaceae - Epacris (7 varieties)
From:
Neerland’s plantentuin. Afbeeldingen en beschrijvingen van sierplanten voor tuin
en kamer by Cornelius Antoon Jan Abraham Oudemans (editor) and others.
Groningen, J.B. Wolters, 1867, volume 3, plate 47. Chromolithograph (sheet 174
x 263 mm). Text enclosed.€ 50
A beautifully illustrated monthly journal about
Dutch garden plants and indoor plants. Only 3 volumes were published. With
extensive contributions by its editor C.A.J.A. Oudemans and C. Glijm, J.B.
Groenewegen, J.H. Krelage and H. Witte. The decorative chromolithographed plates
by A.J. Wendel and others lithographed by Emrik & Binger, Marriën & Amand, G.
Severeyns, L. Stroobant, etc.
* Jackson p. 479; Nissen BBI 1477; Stafleu & Cowan
7148.
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Epacridaceae - Epacris (5 varieties)
From: Revue
de l’horticulture belge et étrangère by Frédéric Burvenich, Oswald de
Kerchove de Denterchem, Édouard Pynaert, Émile Rodigas, Émile Rodigas, August
van Geert & H.J. van Hulle (editors).
Gand [Gent], Bureau de la Revue, 1889, volume 15, plate 8. Chromolithograph (sheet 170 x 258 mm). Text enclosed.€ 40
Belgian monthly, published from 1875-1914 giving general information about horticulture,
new introductions and varieties, exhibitions etc. Most colour-plates were drawn
and lithographed by P. de Pannemaeker, one of the leading artists of this time
when Gent became the horticultural centre of the continent.
* B-P-H 781-22; not
in Nissen BBI.
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Epacridaceae - Leucopogon lanceolatus - Leucopogon cunninghami
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., 1846,
volume 2, plate 68. Hand-coloured lithograph (sheet 165 x 247 mm). Text
enclosed.€ 45
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 Flore des
serres et des jardins de l’Europe of the nurseryman Louis van Houtte.
* Nissen BBI 2212; Great flower books p. 84.
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Epacridaceae - Leucopogon lanceolatus
From: Curtis’s botanical magazine; or flower garden displayed.
London, 1832, volume 59, plate 3162. Hand-coloured engraving by William Jackson Hooker
(sheet 143 x 230 mm). Text enclosed.€ 40
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; Great flower books pp. 83-84; Hunt
689; Nissen BBI 2350; Henrey 472; Stafleu & Cowan 1290.
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