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Camellia Japonica Fordii
Camellia Japonica Fordii

$125

(double-page with center fold,
as issued)

Camellia reticulata
Camellia reticulata
(Captain Rowes' Camellia)

$125

(double-page with center fold,
as issued)

Poeonia edulis Reevesiana
Poeonia edulis Reevesiana
(Mr. Reeve's Poeony)

$150

(double-page with center fold,
as issued)

Cattleya intermedia
Cattleya intermedia
(Intermediate or Middle-sized Flowered Cattleya)

$150

(double-page with center fold,
as issued)

Dendrobium moschatum
Dendrobium moschatum
(Musk-scented Dendrobium)

$125

(double-page with center fold,
as issued)

Oncidium Lanceanum
Oncidium Lanceanum
(Mr. Lance's Oncidium)

$175

(double-page with center fold,
as issued)

Renanthera coccinea
Renanthera coccinea
(Chinese Scarlet-flowered Air Plant)

$150

(double-page with center fold,
as issued)

Heliconia braziliensis
Heliconia braziliensis
(Brazilian Heliconia)

$175

(double-page with center fold,
as issued)

Tacsonia pinnatistipula
Tacsonia pinnatistipula
(Pinnated Stipuled Tacsonia)

$150

(double-page with center fold,
as issued)

Statice arborea
Statice arborea
(Arboreus Statice)

$125

(double-page with center fold,
as issued)

Epiphyllum Splendidum
Epiphyllum Splendidum

$175

(double-page with center fold,
as issued)

Nerium thyrsiflora
Nerium thyrsiflora
(Dense-flowered Oleander)

$150

(double-page with center fold,
as issued)

Ismene Amancaes
Ismene Amancaes
(Narcissus-flowered Ismene)

$150

(double-page with center fold,
as issued)

Phlox cordata grandiflora
Phlox cordata grandiflora
(Great-flowered Cordate Lichnidea)

$150

(double-page with center fold,
as issued)

Clerodendrum speciosissmum
Clerodendrum speciosissmum
(Beautiful Scarlet Clerodendrum)

$125

(double-page with center fold,
as issued)

Nepenthes distillatoria
Nepenthes distillatoria
(Pitcher Plant)

$150

(double-page with center fold,
as issued)

Musa Cavendishii
Musa Cavendishii
(The Cavendish Plantain)

$150

(double-page with center fold,
as issued)

Telopea speciosissima
Telopea speciosissima

$150

(double-page with center fold,
as issued, no text avail.)

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Paxton's Magazine of Botany and
Register of Flowering Plants (1834-1849)
by Sir Joseph Paxton

With engravings or lithographs from
drawings by F.W. Smith & S. Holden

Published by Orr & Smith/W.S. Orr & Co., London

Original, fine hand-coloured engravings and lithographs
approx. 9 x 11 1/4 inches (this page contains the double page prints with center folds, as issued) on beautiful woven paper
Original text provided whenever possible.
(please click on thumbnails for an enlarged view)

Sir Joseph Paxton (1803-1865)

Paxton was a hugely talented man. He started as an assistant gardener with no education & rose to become the head gardener to the Duke of Devonshire. His design of the conservatory at Chatsworth House served as a model for his design of the Crystal Palace for the London Exhibition of 1851. Incredibly, he designed this giant, intricate building in less than 9 days on a piece of blotting paper. The building itself was erected in just six months, with 293,655 panes of glass, 330 huge iron columns and 24 miles of gutters.

These days he is best remembered for his very high quality botanical periodicals such as Paxton’s Magazine of Botany which was published in 16 volumes from 1834-49.

Paxton’s prints tend to be harder to find and more expensive than other 19th century botanicals. If you look in galleries in cities such as London you will often see similar prints by Paxton for sale for many hundreds of US Dollars.

Sir Joseph Paxton
(1803-1865)