Beauties looking at the irises in Yoshino-en Daffodil

Beauties looking at the irises in Yoshino-en DaffodilWatercolour on paper by an unidentified Japanese artist of people visiting a garden to view Iris. This painting forms the centre of a triptych of images that join to form one larger picture.

Watercolour of Lilium tigrinum with a butterfly

Watercolour by Willliam Hooker of The Chaumontelle Pear

Thomas is recognised as a horticulturalist

Roberts was appointed by the RHS in 1897 to paint Orchids

Watercolour on vellum illustration of Lobelia sp

Thomas was a partner at Sunningdale Nurseries in the mid 1940's and Gardens Advisor to the National Trust from 1955

The warrants displayed on the cover denote that Carters supplied seeds and bulbs to members of the Royal Family at this time

engraved by Victor (fl

These three specimens were painted during the winter and spring of 1906-1907

Painted by Lilian Snelling from specimens at Tunbridge Wells and St

London: [1789-1791]

Watercolour on paper of Tulipa cultivars from 'Verzameling van Bloemen naar de Natuur geteekend door' (Collection of flowers drawn from nature) by Pieter van Kouwenhoorn