Joseph Paxton

Joseph Paxton 1803-1865

Paxton is best known as the designer of The Crystal Palace for The Great Exhibition. He was also Head Gardener for the Duke of Devonshire, designer of many other buildings, a railway director and a Member of Parliament. He was responsible for a number of publications on plants, including The Flower Garden, first published in 1850. Our plates are from the 1882 edition (Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co.), revised by Thomas Baines.

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#PA001 Andre's Anthurium More Detail	#PA002 The Salmon-Coloured Moutan More Detail	#PA003 The Showy Senecio More Detail	#PA004 The Asoca More Detail
#PA005 The Long-petaled Epidendrum More Detail	#PA006 The Two-rowed Aponogete More Detail	#PA007 The Rosy Air-plant More Detail	#PA008 The Long-leaved Bromelia More Detail
#PA009 The Purple Gesnera More Detail	#PA010 The Pescatore Odontoglot More Detail	#PA011 The Dark-eyed Fringed Dendrobe More Detail	#PA012 The Ciliated Rhododendron More Detail