type: [herbaceous peony] [species cultivar] [lactiflora]
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Paeoniaceae
- Paeonia albiflora Adrian "All
gardeners owe an infinite debt of gratitude to William Robinson -
founder of The Garden (1871-1927) and Flora and Sylva
(1903-05), and author of The English Flower Garden (1883,
etc.) and other works - who helped to break the tyranny of formal
bedding and, like Ruskin, drew attention to the beauties of the
wild garden. Among the artists whom he employed was Henry Moon,
who struck a new and personal, if not entirely healthy, note in
botanical illustration.
" (Blunt & Stearn). From
1880 Henry George Moons plant portraits dominated the pages
of The Garden, a popular horticultural publication.
Renowned for his lifelike paintings of orchids, Moon appealed to
Robinson because of his ability to sketch flowers in a graceful,
naturalistic style. The subtle colourings of his paintings and
simple arrangement of flowers were very unlike the more stylised
renderings that appeared in competitors publications. The
beautiful colour-plates were lithographed and printed by the
Belgian firm G. Severeyns and its successor J.L. Goffart, notable
for their craftmanship. |
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Carsten Burkhardt's Web Project Paeonia - The Peony Database |
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