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A Botanical Paradise: Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London
One summer day in 2009, while rummaging through some uncatalogued volumes in Bartow-Pell’s collection of antiquarian gardening books, we unearthed something unexpected—seven large editions of the lavishly illustrated publication Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London. The title is businesslike, … Continue reading →
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Tagged 19th-century botanical prints, 19th-century horticulture, Alice Martineau, Barbara Cotton, Charles Francis Greville, Charles John Robertson, Chiswick, International Garden Club, John Braddick, John Lindley, John Wedgwood, Joseph Sabine, Royal Horticultural Society, Sir Joseph Banks, Thomas Andrew Knight, Thomas Maitland Cleland, Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London, William Bulmer, William Hooker, William Say, Zelia Hoffman
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