Member Meeting,
Denver Botanic Gardens, Helen Fowler Library,
1 PM, August 23 2013
Hope you are planning to attend the very special Helen Fowler Library archives presentation prepared for us by April Miller, Librarian. Artifacts on display include:
De Historia
Stirpium Commentarii Insignes… by Leonhart Fuchs. Published in Basel
The Herball or
Generall Historie of Plantes by John Gerard.
Published in Florilegium Renovatum et Auctum by Johann Theodor de Bry. Published in
Temple of Flora, or, Garden of the Botanist, Poet, Painter, and
Philosopher: being, picturesque botanical plates of the New Illustration of the
Sexual Systerm of Linnaus by Robert John Thornton. (Image above) Published in London
The Orchid Album (11 volumes) written by Robert Warner and illustrated by John Nugent Fitch. Published in
Laelia Purpurata Williamsii pictured above
British Wild Flowers
by Jane Loudon. Published in London
The Botanical Magazine
by William Curtis. Published in
Styles and techniques change through the ages, but the beauty never pales. April will
also show a few Pierre Joseph Redoute lithographs, an Anne Ophelia Dowden
artwork, and two vintage Burpee seed/nursery catalogs.
When you arrive at the DBG, inform ticket takers that you are at the Gardens for a meeting in the Library. Admission tickets are not necessary. If you'd like to arrive early, you can tour the Gardens prior to the meeting. The Gardens especially are lush right now. DBG closes at 2 PM today to prepare for it's annual Fete de Fleur fund-raiser, so touring the gardens after the Library is not available on Friday.
Hope to see you all there!
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