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2 annuals bound in 1 volume. 4to. 478; xi, [1], 514 pp. 52 large chromolithographic plates. Original half dark green morocco, green cloth; rubbed. Very good. The beautiful and large chromolithographic plates that embellished these 2-years of issues, are especially attractive. / Dedicated to the Rev. George Herbert Engleheart (raiser of beautiful narcissi), being the fifty-first volume of "The Garden". With the next issue dedicated to John Gilbert Baker of the Herbarium, Royal Gardens, Kew. / Reverend George Herbert Engleheart (1851-1936) achieved national prominence as one of the greatest ever breeders of daffodils (Narcissus), but as a 'highly cultured man, well read and appreciative of everything that is beautiful' he also found time to indulge in the classical archaeology of his local Hampshire parishes. / John Gilbert Baker FRS was an English botanist. He subsequently worked at the library and herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew between 1866 and 1899, and was keeper of the herbarium from 1890 to 1899. He wrote handbooks on many plant groups, including Amaryllidaceae, Bromeliaceae, Iridaceae, Liliaceae, and ferns. His published works include Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles (1877) and Handbook of the Irideae (1892). HEAVY BOOK â" international buyers please contact for postage quote.