{"product_id":"paxtons-flower-garden-paperback-9781108037266","title":"Paxton's Flower Garden (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108037266","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePaxton's Flower Garden\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMeticulous studies of flora from around the world, made by Joseph Paxton, best known as designer of the Crystal Palace.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJoseph Paxton (Author), John Lindley (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108037266, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 8 December 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e260 pages, 112 b\/w illus.  36 colour illus.\u003cbr\u003e29.7 x 21 x 1.4 cm, 0.63 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBest remembered today for his technically innovative design for the Crystal Palace of 1851, Joseph Paxton (1803–65) was head gardener to the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth by the age of twenty-three, and remained involved in gardening throughout his life. Tapping in to the burgeoning interest in gardening amongst the Victorians, in 1841 he founded the periodical The Gardener's Chronicle with the botanist John Lindley (1799–1865), with whom he had worked on a Government report on Kew Gardens. Paxton's Flower Garden appeared between 1850 and 1853, following a series of plant-collecting expeditions. Only three of the planned ten volumes were published, but with hand-coloured plates (which can be viewed online alongside this reissue) and over 500 woodcuts, the work is lavish. Further colour plates of orchids are to be found in Volume 2, clearly a reflection of Lindley's interest, but also of the wider fascination for these flowers.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e37. The Brown Bistort. The Bilberry-Leaved Bistort\u003cbr\u003e 38. The Anderson Veronica\u003cbr\u003e 39. The Spotted Pleione. The Bottle Pleione\u003cbr\u003e 40. The False Scarlet Sage\u003cbr\u003e 41. The Barbados Cherry\u003cbr\u003e 42. The Three-Coloured Vanda\u003cbr\u003e 43. The Two-Rowed Aponogete\u003cbr\u003e 44. The Small-Mouthed Siphocampyl\u003cbr\u003e 45. The Tapering Hollböllia\u003cbr\u003e 46. The Darwin Berberry\u003cbr\u003e 47. The Gesnera-Flowered Sage\u003cbr\u003e 48. The Pallid Cattleya\u003cbr\u003e 49. The Box-Leaved Cantua\u003cbr\u003e 50. The Crimson Water-Lily\u003cbr\u003e 51. The Humble Pleione\u003cbr\u003e 52. The Various-Leaved Labichea\u003cbr\u003e 53. The Lilac Thyrscanth\u003cbr\u003e 54. The Carmine Trichopil\u003cbr\u003e 55. The Many-Coloured Collinsia\u003cbr\u003e 56. The Rosy Grevillea\u003cbr\u003e 57. The White and Sanguine Dendrobe\u003cbr\u003e 58. The Loddiges Lily\u003cbr\u003e 59. The Ariza Plant\u003cbr\u003e 60. The Rosy Air-Plant\u003cbr\u003e 61. The Chinese Platycode\u003cbr\u003e 62. The Hybrid Crenate Cactus\u003cbr\u003e 63. The Three-Tongued Oncid\u003cbr\u003e 64. The Azure Pentstemon\u003cbr\u003e 65. The Long-Leaved Bromelia\u003cbr\u003e 66. The Sweetest Air-Plant\u003cbr\u003e 67. The Long-Flowered Centranth\u003cbr\u003e 68. The Bland Amaryllis\u003cbr\u003e 69. The Showy Grammatophyl\u003cbr\u003e 70. The Long-Calyxed Chinese Azalea\u003cbr\u003e 71. The Gentian-Blue Penstemon\u003cbr\u003e 72. The Pink Butterfly Plant\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Botany \u0026amp; plant sciences [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Botany \u0026amp; plant sciences\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Botany%20\u0026amp;%20plant%20sciences%20%5BPST%5D%22\"\u003ePST\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266052116760,"sku":"9781108037266","price":31.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108037266i.jpg?v=1694879970","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/paxtons-flower-garden-paperback-9781108037266","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}