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Thomas Moore

British gardener and botanist (1821–1887)

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Field of work
Botany

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  • Related topics

Images from the collections

Images by Thomas Moore

11 images from works
  • 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.

Works from the collections

19 works

    • Books
    • Online

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

    Thomas Moore | Date: 1881
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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.

    Rosenberg, C. T., active approximately 1850. | Date: [1850-51] | Reference: 26354i
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    • Online

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

    Thomas Moore | Date: 1857
    • Pictures
    • Online

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

    Rosenberg, C. T., active approximately 1850. | Date: [1850-51] | Reference: 26360i
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    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.

    Thomas Moore | Date: 1859-1860
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Frequent collaborators

Rosenberg, C. T., active approximately 1850.

Related topics

Plants, Cultivated
Horticulture
Botany
United Kingdom
Plants, Ornamental
Ferns
Flowers

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