Plate XLVIII Claude Aubriet

Plate XLVIII Claude AubrietColoured engraved plate from the 1776 publication 'Collection precieuse et enlumine des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses, qui se cultivent tant dans les jardins de la Chine, que dans ceux de l'Europe'. The artists are unknown, the author is Pierre Joseph Buchoz (1731 1807) a French medical doctor who also studied, taught and wrote on botanical and natural history subjects.

Printed illustration of a chrysanthemum variety 'Nishiki no Mihata' taken from the Japanese publication A Hundred Chrysanthemums by K Hasegawa

Calendula offinalis Snow Princess

Purple Emperor Butterfly

The magazine continued under the same title until 1983

a collection of 15 hand coloured engravings produced between 1748 and 1759

The Canal Garden at RHS Garden Wisley

engraved by Joseph Marie Bessin

Floral Fantasia bedding display at RHS Garden Hyde Hall

Centaurea cyanus Jubliee Gem

Appointed OBE in 1975

allium cepa Winter White Bunching

x zabelli Violetta