British gardener and botanist (1821–1887)

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A nectarine (Prunus persica var. nectarina): fruiting stem and section of fruit. Coloured zincograph by C. Rosenberg, c. 1850, after himself.

The flower of a giant water lily (Victoria amazonica) Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after C. Rosenberg.

A plant (Grevillea lavandulacea): flowering stem. Coloured zincograph by C. Rosenberg, c. 1850, after himself.

A tropical orchid (Gongora quinquenervis): flowering stem and leaves. Coloured zincograph by C. Rosenberg, c. 1850, after himself.

A tropical aroid (Philodendron simsii): spadix, spathe and leaf bases. Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after C. Rosenberg.

Three types of heath plant (Erica species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph by C. Rosenberg, c. 1850, after himself.

Three flowers from different cultivars of picotee (Dianthus caryophyllus) Coloured zincograph by C. Rosenberg, c. 1850, after himself.

Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans): stem with fruit and nut and floral segments. Coloured lithograph by C. Rosenberg, c. 1850, after himself.

A ground-cover plant (Polygonum vacciniifolium): flowering stem. Coloured zincograph by C. Rosenberg, c. 1850, after himself.

A plant (Metrodorea nigra): flowering stem and leaves. Coloured zincograph by C. Rosenberg, c. 1850, after himself.

Three flowerheads from different cultivars of garden verbena (Verbena x hybrida) Coloured zincograph by C. Rosenberg, c. 1850, after himself.

British ferns and their allies : comprising the ferns, club-mosses, pepperworts, & horsetails / by Thomas Moore.

The handbook of British ferns : being descriptions, with engravings, of the species and their varieties, together with instructions for their cultivation / by Thomas Moore.

The octavo nature-printed British ferns : being figures and descriptions of the species and varieties of ferns found in the United Kingdom / by Thomas Moore.

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Thomas Moore

Images from the collections

Images by Thomas Moore

Works from the collections

British ferns and their allies : comprising the ferns, club-mosses, pepperworts, & horsetails / by Thomas Moore.

A nectarine (Prunus persica var. nectarina): fruiting stem and section of fruit. Coloured zincograph by C. Rosenberg, c. 1850, after himself.

The handbook of British ferns : being descriptions, with engravings, of the species and their varieties, together with instructions for their cultivation / by Thomas Moore.

A plant (Metrodorea nigra): flowering stem and leaves. Coloured zincograph by C. Rosenberg, c. 1850, after himself.

The octavo nature-printed British ferns : being figures and descriptions of the species and varieties of ferns found in the United Kingdom / by Thomas Moore.

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Thomas Moore

Images from the collections

Images by Thomas Moore

Works from the collections

British ferns and their allies : comprising the ferns, club-mosses, pepperworts, & horsetails / by Thomas Moore.

A nectarine (Prunus persica var. nectarina): fruiting stem and section of fruit. Coloured zincograph by C. Rosenberg, c. 1850, after himself.

The handbook of British ferns : being descriptions, with engravings, of the species and their varieties, together with instructions for their cultivation / by Thomas Moore.

A plant (Metrodorea nigra): flowering stem and leaves. Coloured zincograph by C. Rosenberg, c. 1850, after himself.

The octavo nature-printed British ferns : being figures and descriptions of the species and varieties of ferns found in the United Kingdom / by Thomas Moore.

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