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Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants

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
(1834-1849)

Original, fine hand-coloured engravings and lithographs over 175 years old


approx. 6¼x 9 inches on beautiful woven paper
Original text provided whenever possible.


Paxton

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.

(please click on thumbnails for an enlarged view)


Acanthephippium bicolor

Acanthephippium bicolor

$79.95

Costus speciosus

Costus speciosus
(Showy Costus)

$79.95

Maxillaria Deppei

Maxillaria Deppei
(Mr. Deppe's Maxillaria)


$79.95

Acrides odoratum

Acrides odoratum

$79.95

Abutilon striatum

Abutilon striatum

$79.95

Cactus speciosus

Cactus speciosus

$79.95

Kennedya Marryattiana

Kennedya Marryattiana

$79.95

Lissochilus speciosa

Lissochilus speciosa
(Mr. Griffin's Showy Lissochilus)

$79.95

Lissochilus speciosa

Syringa Josikaea

$79.95

Brugmansia Waymannii

Brugmansia Waymannii
(Wayman's Brugmansia)


$79.95

Ceropegia stapeliaeformis

Ceropegia stapeliaeformis

$79.95

Pavetta Caffra

Pavetta Caffra

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Pimelea incana

Pimelea incana

$79.95

Hovea Celsi

Hovea Celsi

$79.95

Cascanum cuneifolium

Cascanum cuneifolium

$79.95

Erica coccinea

Erica coccinea

Erica pseudovestita

Erica pseudovestita

Hardbergia monophylla

Hardbergia monophylla

$79.95

Coleus barbatus

Coleus barbatus

$79.95

Echeveria racemosa

Echeveria racemosa


$79.95

Enkianthus reticulatus

Enkianthus reticulatus

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Symphericarpos montanus

Enkianthus reticulatus

$79.95

Pimelea lanata

Pimelea lanata

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AEschynanthus parasitica

Aeschynanthus parasitica

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Bossiaea linophylla

Bossiaea linophylla

Lantana Sellowiana

Lantana Sellowiana

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Calochortus albus

Calochortus albus

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Dipodium punctatum

Dipodium punctatum

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Chloraea longibracteata

Chloraea longibracteata

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Gongora atropurpurea

Gongora atropurpurea

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Portulaca Gilliesii

Portulaca Gilliesii

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Dianthus ferrugineus

Dianthus ferrugineus

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Scottia dentata

Scottia dentata

$79.95

Acacia longifolia

Acacia longifolia

$79.95

Euphorbia Jacquiniaflora

Euphorbia Jacquiniaflora

$79.95

Boronia crenulata

Boronia crenulata
(Crenulate-leaved Boronia)


$79.95

Anigozanthus Manglesii

Anigozanthus Manglesii


Manettia cordifolia

Manettia cordifolia
(Heart-leaved Manettia)

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Statice arborea

Statice arborea

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Siphocampulis bicolor

Siphocampulis bicolor

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Hovea pungens

Hovea pungens

$79.95

Hovea purpurea

Hovea purpurea

$79.95

Hovea chorozemoefolia

Hovea chorozemoefolia

Anthocercis littorea

Anthocercis littorea

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Epimedium macranthum

Epimedium macranthum

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Bossiaea rufa

Bossiaea rufa

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Tecoma australis

Tecoma australis

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Galphimia glauca

Galphimia glauca

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Carolinea alba

Carolinea alba

$79.95

Dieffenbachia Seguinum

Dieffenbachia Seguinum

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Rhodochiton volubile

Rhodochiton volubile

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Fuschia fulgens

Fuschia fulgens

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