Treasures of The Royal Horticultural Society

Download or read book Treasures of The Royal Horticultural Society written by Brent Elliott and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1994 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lindley Library of the RHS has a collection of some 18,000 drawings and paintings by eminent botanical artists of all periods up to the present day. This book contains a selection of the rarest and most beautiful: flowers, fruit, fungi and other plants from all over the world, by artists such as G.D. Ehret, John and William Curtis, Ferdinand Bauer, William Hooker, W.H. Fitch, Augusta Withers, Margaret Stones and Mary Grierson. All the illustrations are reproduced from the artists' originals.