A Celebration of Flowers. Two Hundred Years of Curtis’s Botanical Magazine. Revised and enlarged edition

Revised and enlarged edition

The book is intended for gardeners and includes 500 colour photographs from the author’s 20 year collection

Warwickshire

cat-tails and selected bamboos from around the world

He ended his career as assistant secretary to the Royal Geographic Society

A Celebration of Flowers. Two Hundred Years of Curtis’s Botanical Magazine. Revised and enlarged editionRay Desmond. A history of the magazine and a selection of original watercolours and hand coloured engravings complemented by historical line drawings and photographs. These are a sample of the garden and greenhouse plants introduced to cultivation during the 200 year history of Curtis Botanical Magazine. Collingridge Books with Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, London, 1987. ISBN 9780600550754 Hardback with dust jacket. 207 pages. SECONDHAND. Fine condition.