Phormiaceae - Phormium tenax
From: Curtis’s
botanical magazine; or flower garden displayed. Conducted by Samual Curtis.
The descriptions by William Jackson Hooker.
London, 1832, volume 59, plate 3199. Hand-coloured engraving by William Jackson Hooker (sheet 228 x 290 mm
with folds). Text enclosed.€ 95
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; Nissen BBI 2350; Hunt 689; Henrey 472;
Stafleu & Cowan 1290.
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