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In 1929, she began work as a botanical illustrator and taxonomist at Kew Gardens [5] and was a contributor to Curtis's Botanical Magazine and Icones Plantarum of William Jackson Hooker. [7] Her work drew the attention of Sir Edward Sailsbury, the director of Kew, who brought her to a publisher. [8]
For his book The Art of Botanical Illustration in 1950 [7] he was awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal by the Royal Horticultural Society. [1] This book was considered the first comprehensive review of botanical illustration in Europe. Subsequent editions (by his co-author, Willian T. Stearn) provided coverage of more of the world and the ...
Margaret Lilian Flockton (29 September 1861 Sussex – 12 August 1953 Sydney), is most commonly recognized as a botanical artist famous for her botanical illustrations of "The Forest Flora of New South Wales" (some 300 plates), "A Critical Revision of the Genus Eucalyptus", and the genus Opuntia, all by the botanist and forester, Joseph Henry Maiden.
[6] [7] [8] Shortly after, the first volume of her book, Wild Flowers of the British Isles, was published in 1907, followed with the second volume in 1910. [1] [9] Accompanied by her botanical illustrations was an in-depth guide to every wildflower found in the British Isles. This volume of books became the highlight of her career and remains ...
It has been called "one of the world's most unusual holdings of late 19th and early 20th century American botanical illustrations". [3] The archive spans the years in which American agriculture greatly expanded the range of fruits and vegetables grown on a commercial scale and developed many new cultivars. The USDA artists created the ...
[1] [2] [3] She donated a collection of botanical books to the University to create HIBD. An annual monetary award is given in her honor by the institute. [4] HIBD was dedicated October 10, 1961. [5] George H. M. Lawrence was the founding director. [6] In 1970, Gilbert Daniels, became the 2nd director. [7] T. D.
Icones Plantarum is an extensive series of published volumes of botanical illustration, initiated by Sir William Jackson Hooker. The Latin name of the work means "Illustrations of Plants". The illustrations are drawn from herbarium specimens of Hooker's herbarium, and subsequently the herbarium of Kew Gardens. Hooker was the author of the first ...
The Latin introduction to this work states "Sibthorp took with him a painter of excellent reputation, Ferdinand Bauer, whose merits our illustrations demonstrate." Joseph Hooker called Flora Graeca, with its 966 superbly hand-coloured illustrations, "the greatest botanical work that has ever appeared" (On the Flora of Australia, London, 1859).