FLORAL GEMS; containing coloured figures and descriptions of the most Beautiful and Curious Flowering Plants and Shrubs, cultivated in British Gardens. To which are added English Descriptions, and the most recent Practical Hints on Culture, Propagation, etc. By an eminent Floriculturist.

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With 45 stunning coloured plates. Rare! In VG, c1835, attractive gilt printed, bevelled, red cloth, corners rubbed, no titles to spine, edges bumped, almost invisible repair at head & tail. Internally, not paginated, 45 brightly coloured plates (including 2 large folding), each with a leaf of descriptive text, each plate numbered 149-192 with the tissue guarded plate being No 1, the text leaves have corresponding numbers, a.e.g., yellow endpapers, hinges strengthened. (243*148 mm). Rare, COPAC, OCLC etc list 1 institutional copy at Wisconsin Uni., and the last example to appear at auction was in 1946! Most of the plates are of flowers introduced from Australia, Brazil, California, India, etc., and include the Rhododendron, Capt. Grey's Swansona (Murray River), Shaggy Gastrolobe (Swan River Colony), Mr. Bidwill's Erythrina (Sydney, Australia), Bossiaea Disticha (Swan River), Narrow-leaved Sollya (Swan River), Broad-leaved Euthales (Port Augusta), Sapphire Patersonia (Swan River), etc.