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    Flora Londinensis is a folio sized book that described the flora found in the London region of the mid 18th century. The Flora was published by William...
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    Garden at Lambeth in 1779, moving to Brompton in 1789. He published Flora Londinensis (6 volumes, 1777–1798), a pioneering work in that it devoted itself...
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    by the botanist William Curtis to paint wildflowers for his book Flora Londinensis. This created an income for her family. Blood was engaged to Hugh...
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    William Kilburn (1745–1818) was an illustrator for William Curtis' Flora Londinensis, as well as a leading designer and printer of calico. A few hundred...
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  • Schwenckfeldt. Germany 1600 Flora Jenensis, Heinrich Bernhard Rupp Germany, 1718. Flora Suecica, Carl Linnaeus. 1745. Flora Londinensis, William Curtis. England...
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    draughtsmanship and when only 11 years old had copied plates from Flora Londinensis for his own enjoyment. A certain Mr. Denman visited Abergavenny in...
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    have resided in London for such a length of time. — William Curtis, Flora Londinensis A 2.5-mile (4.0 km) stretch of the Loddon near Stanford End Mill,...
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    is buried in the churchyard. The frame of the portrait is from 'Flora Londinensis': Geranium, wild daffodil, snowdrop, cuckoo pint, grasses, vetch,...
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    Physic Garden, who had published the highly praised (but poorly sold) Flora Londinensis a few years before. The publication familiarized its readers with...
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    has remained in publication for over 200 years. The later, larger "Flora Londinensis" followed, both of which featured full page hand-colored illustrations...
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