Vase of Flowers
Robert Furber's classic, Twelve Months of Flowers (1730) - Seed Catalog. Furber's intent was "to make the Love of Gardening more general, and the understanding of it more easy, I have from time to time published Catalogues, containing large Variety of Trees, Plants, Fruits, and Flowers, both Foreign and Domestic, cultivated by me for Sale" (Short Introduction to Gardening). The flowers were grouped into bouquets according to the month they bloomed, and referenced with numbers and captions so that Furber's customers could order particular specimens. In the years 1730 and 1732, there appeared two extremely important series of plates, both published by Robert Furber, a nurseryman in Kensington, then outside of London. One series is entitled, Twelve Months of Flowers and the other, Twelve Months of Fruit. These are sales catalogues in the grand manner, consisting of arrangements of flowers or fruits according to the months in which they bloom or ripen. Each flower or fruit bears a small number and its name is to be found by referring to a the key at the bottom of the plate. From these prints patrons actually ordered their new plant material.
Size: 2200px × 3200px
Location: Britain
Photo credit: © Robert Furber / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: arrangement, bouquet, catalog, daffodil, floral, flower, flowers, iris, jpp, leaves, pansy, petals, plants, ro, roses, seed, snapdragon, tulips, vase
