Fisherman's hut Size:small

Fisherman's hut Size:smallWatercolour on paper of a fisherman's hut by an unknown Chinese artist.

Erythronium hartwegi

The publication contains 144 colour plates of flowers with some including insects and is dedicated to the princesses Louise and Marie d'Orléans

Painting of a godwit in reeds by an unknown Chinese artist

ivy-leaved toadflax)

Watercolour on rice paper of plant identified as Rosa × odorata from one of four bound albums of paintings by anonymous Chinese artists purchased by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1912

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

J Redouté from 'Choix des plus belle fleurs' published in 1827

The publication in two volumes 'containing coloured figures and descriptions of the most esteemed kinds of apples and pears' was edited by Henry Graves

engraved by Joseph Marie Bessin (1765-

Colour plate depicting Linnaean classification dated January 1

Watercolour on rice paper of plant identified as Paeonia suffruticosa from one of four bound albums of paintings by anonymous Chinese artists purchased by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1912

Watercolour on paper by an unidentified Japanese artist of people visiting a garden to view Iris