The Floricultural Cabinet and Florists' Magazine, Volume V: January to December, 1837 AND The Floricultural Cabinet and Florists' Magazine, Volume VI: January to December 1838 with all 27 Beautiful Colour Botanical Plates

Harrison, Joseph

Published by Whittaker and Co. 1837-38, London, 1837

About this Item

ii, 308; (ii), 308 pages; Twenty-four monthly issues comprising two volumes bound as one in original marbled boards with leather corners, with leather spine with remnants of leather spine labels and brown cloth repair at head of spine. Hinges secure. Text has occasional foxing and offsetting, endpapers faded, faint outline of removed bookplate. Both engraved titlepages and letter press titlepages included for each volume. Illustrated with 13 colour botanical plates in Volume V and 14 coloured plates including 2 double page fold outs, figures in text in Volume VI. Joseph Harrison (1798 1856) was a British horticulturalist and editor of horticultural periodicals. He followed his father as head gardener at Wortley Hall in 1828 when his father transferred to the estate of George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont, at Petworth House. In 1830, with Richard Gill Curtis, he filed a patent relating to the glazing of greenhouses. Subsequently, he left his job at Wortley Hall in 1837, and moved to Downham, in Norfolk, where he set up as a florist. In 1833 Harrison launched The Floricultural Cabinet and Florists' Magazine, a journal for professional and home gardeners, florists, and others which was published monthly from March 1833 until 1859. Each issue was illustrated with a beautiful color botanical plate, accurately portraying the characteristics of each flower. The journal contains articles on various aspects of flower cultivation, provided information on newly identified and rare plants, chronicled the meetings of various horticultural societies, presented evaluations of various new gardening techniques and equipment, etc. 'No other periodical work on floriculture or horticulture has ever reached so extensive a circulation, or enjoyed so large a portion of public patronage.' The journal was tremendously successful, selling more than 50,000 copies in its first nine months. After his death, his sons made it a weekly publication renamed the Gardener's Weekly Magazine and Floricultural Cabinet.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Floricultural Cabinet and Florists' Magazine, Volume V: January to December, 1837 AND The Floricultural Cabinet and Florists' Magazine, Volume VI: January to December 1838 with all 27 Beautiful Colour Botanical Plates
• Publisher: Whittaker and Co. 1837-38, London
• Publication Date: 1837
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • 19th Century
  • Illustrated Books
  • Gardening and Botany