[Robert Tyas] — Popular Flowers

London, Houlston & Stoneman, 1849 . Cloth. Beautifully illustrated guide to popular flowers from British botanist Robert Tyas. Scarce edition.In publisher's original cloth binding.Author not stated, authorship from a copy held by the Royal Horticultural Society Libraries.Signed by a previous owner to the front free endpaper, dated 1897.Featuring the sections, "The Geranium", "The Pansy", "The Carnation", "The Fuchsia", "The Dahlia", "The Rose", "The Camellia", "The Cactus" and "The Chrysanthemum". Each section is headed by a beautiful colour frontispiece, totalling nine plates overall.A lovely concise overview of a range of popular flowers, including advice on how to care for them and a list of choice examples. From British botanist and author Robert Tyas, whose similar titles include a sequel to this edition with further popular flowers, as well as The Sentiment of Flowers (1841) and The Wild Flowers of England (1859). In publisher's original cloth binding. Signed by a previous owner to the front free endpaper, dated 1897. Externally, smart with minor bumping and rubbing and the odd mark. Internally, generally firmly bound with binding slightly more tender towards the centre. Bright and clean copy with light spotting to the first and last few pages and more moderately towards section "The Rose". Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .