Highgrove Florilegium
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The Highgrove Florilegium is as much a celebration of botanical art as of craftsmanship. It has been the inspiration for two exhibitions in America. Visit J. Pocker & Son's 63Rd Street location for a special viewing of this exquisit publication and for more details. For the last nine years many of the leading botanical atrists from around the world have been painting examples of the plants and trees growing at the Highgrove House in Glouvestershire, the home of TRH The Prince of Wales and the Dutchess of Cornwall. These artists were commissioned by the Clarence House Selection Committee including Anne Marie Evans – the renowned teacher of botanical art who planned the botanical courses at the Chelsea Physic Garden. Anne Marie teaches students around the world. It has taken 5 years to realise this publication. It is a two volume work limited to 175 numbered sets. Prince Charles has written the preface and has personally signed each book in ink. Dimensions of each volume approximately 26 x 19 x 3 inches. Books are bound individually by hand upon receipt of subscription. A list of subscribers appears at the back of the book along with the colophen. A list of an Institution’s subscribing patrons may be included in the front of the book.
More than 65 artists from around the world have contributed to the book. There are 61 facsimile watercolours in volume one and 63 in volume two.
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The hand binding has been executed by Stephen Conway, Halifax, West Yorkshire, under the overall supervision and to the design of James Brockman, Oxford, who has also been responsible with his son Stuart for the hand-tooling and finishing. The ‘Chieftain’ goatskin leathers have been specially dyed and prepared by J. Hewit & Sons Ltd, Edinburgh.
The end papers have been designed by Rodney Shirley Smith – a colleague of Iain Bain the typographer and designer of the book. Iain Bain was formerly the Publications Director of the Tate Gallery.
The marbled papers used for the boards have been made by Victoria Hall, Norwich who began her studio and developed her skill with a grant from the Prince’s Trust. The Prince’s Foundation provides assistance in the arts, crafts, business, conservation, and farming world wide.
Each volume is protected with a woollen book jacket made from merino wool had teased, designed and sewn by Liz Brown in her studio in Ayrshire, Scotland. The book is archivally approved, 100% rag papers for the text have been made especially made for the publication at the Somerset Mill, England. The archival approved, 100% rag paper for the illustrations are made at the Monadnock Mill in New Hampshire, USA. The book is printed in England at Westerham Press using the stochastic lithographic process.
Prof. Chris Humphries, the master mind of the Banks Florilegium – the first edition printing from the original copper plates two hundred years after the expedition by Capt. Cook / Joseph Banks to Australia which was published to celebrate the Australian bi-centenary - has written the introduction as well as arranging the book in taxonomic order and editing the caption pages written by scientists in the Botanical Department at the Natural History Museum in London.
Christopher Mills, Head of Library, Art & Archives at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, has provided an essay placing this florilegia in the historic context of the great florilegia.
A List of Artists
Allen, Beverly . 2, 105 Sydney, Australia
Allen FLS, Helen . 63, 93 London, England
Ballard , Fay . 39, 42, 116 Twickenham, England
Barber , Caroline . 70, 78 l, England
Bartholemew . 26, 29 Birmingham, England
Berni, Stephanie . 33, 47 Bristol, England
Binns, Evelyn . 32, 81 Orpington, England
Bolas , Valerie . 54 Dover, England
Bouvier, Marie-Christine . 22, 45 Geneva, Switzerland
Bradburn, Dr Valerie . 90, 120 Sidcup, England
Brasier, Jenny . 18, 86 Worcestershire, England
Brown , Dr Andrew . 95 Carlshalton, England
Bruce, Jane . 103 London, England
Cadman, Elizabeth . 35, 56, 69 Chelmsford, England
Carmichael , Diana . 73 Penryn Bay, Wales
Condy, Gillian . 38 Kenya
Coombs, Jill . 19 Horsham, England
Craig-McFeely, Joanna . 48, 124 Beckenham, England
Crampton , Celia . 87 Malawi
Crosthwaite , Sally . 9 Woking, England
Daniel SBA, Brigitte . 109 Beaconsfield, England
Dawson ,Rachael . 66, 119 Dronfield, Derbyshire, England
De Folin, Angélique . 44 Paris, France
Dowle , Elisabeth . 52 London, England
Elwes , Josephine . 3, 60 New York, USA
Evans , Kate . 83 Liverpool, England
Foster, The Hon. Gillian . 13, 30 Dumfries, Scotland
Glenister Hammond, Yvonne London, England
24, 71, 114, 115
Gould, Sarah . 16 Leicester, England
Grant, Lucinda . 97, 122, 123 London, England
Hague, Josephine . 4, 102 Liverpool, England
Harris-Deppe, Ann . 96 Accra, Ghana
Hasegawa , Noriko . 98, 112 Tokyo, Japan
Hashi, Mayumi . 6 Nara, Japan
Ishikawa , Mieko . 100 Tokyo, Japan
Iwata , Junko . 61, 65 Nagoya, Japan
Jowett , Jenny . 72, 107 Bromley, England
Kamataki , Yumi . 28 Chiba, Japan
King FLS, Christabel . 49 London, England
King MBE JP, Margaret . 7, 108 Zimbabwe
Kosuda , Kumiko . 8, 67 Japan
Lane Fox, Flappy . 11, 27, 43, 68 Farnborough, England
Lightfoot , Chrissie . 23, 64, 106 London, England
Mckinnon, Fiona . 37 Darlinghurst, Australia
Manisco FLS, Katherine . 15, 51 London, England
Mayhew , Jill . 62 Essex, England
Nessler, Kate . 21, 31 St Louis, Missouri, USA
O’Connor, Anne . 1, 59 Sydney, Australia
Ogilvy, Susan . 110, 118 Kent, England
Pastoriza PiÑol, John . 99 Melbourne, Australia
Patterson , Annie . 25 England
Percy, Juliet . 121 Bromley, England
Phillips FLS, Jenny . 5, 34, 74 Victoria, Australia
Rees-Davies , Kay . 53 Brighton, England
Rieck , Janet . 10, 17, 88 Chicago, Illinois, USA
Sanders , Lizzie . 76, 82 London, England
Searle, Elaine . 20 Birmingham, England
Siegerman, Sheila . 36 Kamloops, Canada
Strawson , Sally . 75, 92 Yorkshire, England
Stuart -Smith, Susanna . 50, 89 Birmingham, England
Tobita , Noriko . 80 Japan
Tosaki, Eriko . 94 Kawaski, Japan
Tcherepnine, Jessica . 40, 41 London, New York
Thomas, Vicki . 57, 58 Cape Town, South Africa
Vincent, Sally . 46, 91 Leicestershire, England
Walsmit Sachs -Jansen, Anita . 77, 101 Hague, Netherlands
Ward, Amanda . 12, 14, 111, 113 London, England
West-Sherring, Hazel . 55 Kingston Upon Hull, England
Wilkinson, Jennifer . 104 Launceston, Australia
Worthington , Susan . 79, 84, 85 Stratford, New Zealand
Wright , Jane . 117 Dorchester, England.
SELECTION COMMITTEE
Sir Jack Baer . Anne-Marie Evans FLS . Martin Lane Fox FRICS VMH
Victoria Matthews . Henrietta Pearson
List of Plants
Aquilegia atrata RANUNCULACEAE 29
Aquilegia vulgaris ‘Black Barlow’ Ranunculaceae 30
Aquilegia vulgaris ‘William Guiness’ Ranunculaceae 31
Beta vulgaris ‘Boltardy’ Chenopodiaceae 40
Beta vulgaris var. flavescens ‘Rhubarb Chard’ Chenopodiaceae 42
Leucadendron ‘Safari Sunset’ Proteaceae 37
Malus domestica ‘Hunt’s Duke of Gloucester’ Rosaceae 51
Malus domestica ‘Ribston Pippin’ Rosaceae 52
Pisum sativum ‘Sugar Snap’ Fabaceae 50
Prunus x domestica ‘Kirke’s Blue’ Rosaceae 53
Pyrus communis ‘Conference’ Rosaceae 55
Pyrus salicifolia ‘Pendula’ Rosaceae 56
Acer japonicum ‘Vitifolium’ Aceraceae 75
Acer palmatum ‘Hessei’ Aceraceae 76
Acer palmatum ‘Osakazuki’ Aceraceae 77
Acer pensylvanicum Aceraceae 78
Aesculus hippocastanum Hippocastanaceae 79
Alcea rosea ‘Nigra’ Malvaceae 71
Allium cepa ‘Red Baron’ Alliaceae 14
Allium porrum ‘Alora RZ’ Alliaceae 15
Alyogyne huegelii Malvaceae 72
Berberis temolaica Berberidaceae 27
Beta vulgaris ‘Golden form’ Chenopodiaceae 41
Blechnum cordatum Blechnaceae 1
Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera ‘Braveheart’ Brassicaceae 68
Brunnera macrophylla ‘Variegata’ Boraginaceae 87
Buddleja colvilei Scroph ulariaceae 103
Calceolaria integrifolia Calceolariaceae 91
Camassia leichtlinii Hyacinthaceae 19
Campanula lactiflora Campan ulaceae 118
Canna indica ‘Purpurea’ Cannaceae 25
Centaurea nigra Asteraceae 111
Cerinthe major ‘Purpurascens’ Boraginaceae 88
Cistus ladanifer Cistaceae 70
Clematis ‘Niobe’ Ranunculaceae 32
Clematis viticella Ranunculaceae 33
Corylus avellana Betulaceae 62
Cosmos atrosanguineus Asteraceae 112
Crocosmia x crocosmiflora ‘Emily McKenzie’ Iridaceae 20
Cyathea australis Cyatheaceae 2
Cyclamen hederifolium var. hederifolium Primulaceae 85
Cymbidium Orchidaceae 24
Dahlia ‘Bishop of Llandaff ’ Asteraceae 113
Dahlia ‘Summer Night’ Asteraceae 114
Dicentra spectabilis ‘Alba’ Fumariaceae 28
Digitalis purpurea Plantaginaceae 102
Erythronium ‘Pagoda’ Liliaceae 8
Eucalyptus gunnii Myrtaceae 46
Euphorbia characias Euphorbiaceae 47
Fagus sylvatica ‘Aspleniifolia’ Fagaceae 63
Fagus sylvatica ‘Purpurea Tricolor’ Fagaceae 64
Fagus sylvatica ‘Rotundifolia’ Fagaceae 65
Forsythia x intermedia ‘Lynwood’ Oleaceae 98
Fremontodendron californicum Sterc uliaceae 74
Fritillaria imperialis Liliaceae 9
Fritillaria meleagris Liliaceae 10
Geranium phaeum ‘Album’ Geraniaceae 45
Ginkgo biloba Ginkgoaceae 3
Gunnera manicata Gunneraceae 38
Gunnera tinctoria Gunneraceae 39
Hedera helix ‘Oro di Bogliasco’ Araliaceae 110
Helleborus argutifolius Ranunculaceae 34
Helleborus orientalis Ranunculaceae 35
Hosta ‘Royal Standard’ Hostaceae 18
Hydrangea quercifolia SNOWFLAKE ‘Brido’ Hydrangeaceae 80
Ilex aquifolium ‘Ferox Argentea’ Aquifoliaceae 108
Iris ‘Black Swan’ Iridaceae 21
Iris chrysographes Iridaceae 22
Jasminum nudiflorum Oleaceae 99
Knautia macedonica Dipsacaceae 121
Lactuca sativa ‘Little Gem’ Asteraceae 115
Leucanthemum vulgare Asteraceae 116
Lilium martagon Liliaceae 11
Liquidambar styraciflua Hamamelidaceae 43
Liriodendron tulipifera ‘Aureomarginatum’ Magnoliaceae 123
Lobelia cardinalis ‘Queen Victoria’ Campan ulaceae 119
Lonicera periclymenum serotina Caprifoliaceae 120
Lunaria annua subsp. annua Brassicaceae 69
Magnolia grandiflora Magnoliaceae 5
Magnolia sieboldii Magnoliaceae 6
THE HIGHGROVE FLORILEGIUM COMMITTEE
JOHN BODIE OBE, PATRON . PROFESSOR DAVID CADMAN, CHAIRMAN
Helen Allen FLS . Stephanie Berni . Alison Brown . Jane Bruce . Elizabeth Cadman
The Hon. Gillian Foster . Barbara McGee . Henrietta Pearson . Flora Stagg . Amanda Ward
Exhibitions
Example photographs of exhibitions at the New York School of Interior Design and the Huntington Garden, San Marino, Los Angeles, California.
Putting funding into place with the assistance of volunteers and friends. We provide - free of charge - a full size extra page bound into the book listing the donors. Example follows this.
A List of Artists
Allen, Beverly . 2, 105 Sydney, Australia
Allen FLS, Helen . 63, 93 London, England
Ballard , Fay . 39, 42, 116 Twickenham, England
Barber , Caroline . 70, 78 l, England
Bartholemew . 26, 29 Birmingham, England
Berni, Stephanie . 33, 47 Bristol, England
Binns, Evelyn . 32, 81 Orpington, England
Bolas , Valerie . 54 Dover, England
Bouvier, Marie-Christine . 22, 45 Geneva, Switzerland
Bradburn, Dr Valerie . 90, 120 Sidcup, England
Brasier, Jenny . 18, 86 Worcestershire, England
Brown , Dr Andrew . 95 Carlshalton, England
Bruce, Jane . 103 London, England
Cadman, Elizabeth . 35, 56, 69 Chelmsford, England
Carmichael , Diana . 73 Penryn Bay, Wales
Condy, Gillian . 38 Kenya
Coombs, Jill . 19 Horsham, England
Craig-McFeely, Joanna . 48, 124 Beckenham, England
Crampton , Celia . 87 Malawi
Crosthwaite , Sally . 9 Woking, England
Daniel SBA, Brigitte . 109 Beaconsfield, England
Dawson ,Rachael . 66, 119 Dronfield, Derbyshire, England
De Folin, Angélique . 44 Paris, France
Dowle , Elisabeth . 52 London, England
Elwes , Josephine . 3, 60 New York, USA
Evans , Kate . 83 Liverpool, England
Foster, The Hon. Gillian . 13, 30 Dumfries, Scotland
Glenister Hammond, Yvonne London, England
24, 71, 114, 115
Gould, Sarah . 16 Leicester, England
Grant, Lucinda . 97, 122, 123 London, England
Hague, Josephine . 4, 102 Liverpool, England
Harris-Deppe, Ann . 96 Accra, Ghana
Hasegawa , Noriko . 98, 112 Tokyo, Japan
Hashi, Mayumi . 6 Nara, Japan
Ishikawa , Mieko . 100 Tokyo, Japan
Iwata , Junko . 61, 65 Nagoya, Japan
Jowett , Jenny . 72, 107 Bromley, England
Kamataki , Yumi . 28 Chiba, Japan
King FLS, Christabel . 49 London, England
King MBE JP, Margaret . 7, 108 Zimbabwe
Kosuda , Kumiko . 8, 67 Japan
Lane Fox, Flappy . 11, 27, 43, 68 Farnborough, England
Lightfoot , Chrissie . 23, 64, 106 London, England
Mckinnon, Fiona . 37 Darlinghurst, Australia
Manisco FLS, Katherine . 15, 51 London, England
Mayhew , Jill . 62 Essex, England
Nessler, Kate . 21, 31 St Louis, Missouri, USA
O’Connor, Anne . 1, 59 Sydney, Australia
Ogilvy, Susan . 110, 118 Kent, England
Pastoriza PiÑol, John . 99 Melbourne, Australia
Patterson , Annie . 25 England
Percy, Juliet . 121 Bromley, England
Phillips FLS, Jenny . 5, 34, 74 Victoria, Australia
Rees-Davies , Kay . 53 Brighton, England
Rieck , Janet . 10, 17, 88 Chicago, Illinois, USA
Sanders , Lizzie . 76, 82 London, England
Searle, Elaine . 20 Birmingham, England
Siegerman, Sheila . 36 Kamloops, Canada
Strawson , Sally . 75, 92 Yorkshire, England
Stuart -Smith, Susanna . 50, 89 Birmingham, England
Tobita , Noriko . 80 Japan
Tosaki, Eriko . 94 Kawaski, Japan
Tcherepnine, Jessica . 40, 41 London, New York
Thomas, Vicki . 57, 58 Cape Town, South Africa
Vincent, Sally . 46, 91 Leicestershire, England
Walsmit Sachs -Jansen, Anita . 77, 101 Hague, Netherlands
Ward, Amanda . 12, 14, 111, 113 London, England
West-Sherring, Hazel . 55 Kingston Upon Hull, England
Wilkinson, Jennifer . 104 Launceston, Australia
Worthington , Susan . 79, 84, 85 Stratford, New Zealand
Wright , Jane . 117 Dorchester, England.
SELECTION COMMITTEE
Sir Jack Baer . Anne-Marie Evans FLS . Martin Lane Fox FRICS VMH
Victoria Matthews . Henrietta Pearson
List of Plants
Aquilegia atrata RANUNCULACEAE 29
Aquilegia vulgaris ‘Black Barlow’ Ranunculaceae 30
Aquilegia vulgaris ‘William Guiness’ Ranunculaceae 31
Beta vulgaris ‘Boltardy’ Chenopodiaceae 40
Beta vulgaris var. flavescens ‘Rhubarb Chard’ Chenopodiaceae 42
Leucadendron ‘Safari Sunset’ Proteaceae 37
Malus domestica ‘Hunt’s Duke of Gloucester’ Rosaceae 51
Malus domestica ‘Ribston Pippin’ Rosaceae 52
Pisum sativum ‘Sugar Snap’ Fabaceae 50
Prunus x domestica ‘Kirke’s Blue’ Rosaceae 53
Pyrus communis ‘Conference’ Rosaceae 55
Pyrus salicifolia ‘Pendula’ Rosaceae 56
Acer japonicum ‘Vitifolium’ Aceraceae 75
Acer palmatum ‘Hessei’ Aceraceae 76
Acer palmatum ‘Osakazuki’ Aceraceae 77
Acer pensylvanicum Aceraceae 78
Aesculus hippocastanum Hippocastanaceae 79
Alcea rosea ‘Nigra’ Malvaceae 71
Allium cepa ‘Red Baron’ Alliaceae 14
Allium porrum ‘Alora RZ’ Alliaceae 15
Alyogyne huegelii Malvaceae 72
Berberis temolaica Berberidaceae 27
Beta vulgaris ‘Golden form’ Chenopodiaceae 41
Blechnum cordatum Blechnaceae 1
Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera ‘Braveheart’ Brassicaceae 68
Brunnera macrophylla ‘Variegata’ Boraginaceae 87
Buddleja colvilei Scroph ulariaceae 103
Calceolaria integrifolia Calceolariaceae 91
Camassia leichtlinii Hyacinthaceae 19
Campanula lactiflora Campan ulaceae 118
Canna indica ‘Purpurea’ Cannaceae 25
Centaurea nigra Asteraceae 111
Cerinthe major ‘Purpurascens’ Boraginaceae 88
Cistus ladanifer Cistaceae 70
Clematis ‘Niobe’ Ranunculaceae 32
Clematis viticella Ranunculaceae 33
Corylus avellana Betulaceae 62
Cosmos atrosanguineus Asteraceae 112
Crocosmia x crocosmiflora ‘Emily McKenzie’ Iridaceae 20
Cyathea australis Cyatheaceae 2
Cyclamen hederifolium var. hederifolium Primulaceae 85
Cymbidium Orchidaceae 24
Dahlia ‘Bishop of Llandaff ’ Asteraceae 113
Dahlia ‘Summer Night’ Asteraceae 114
Dicentra spectabilis ‘Alba’ Fumariaceae 28
Digitalis purpurea Plantaginaceae 102
Erythronium ‘Pagoda’ Liliaceae 8
Eucalyptus gunnii Myrtaceae 46
Euphorbia characias Euphorbiaceae 47
Fagus sylvatica ‘Aspleniifolia’ Fagaceae 63
Fagus sylvatica ‘Purpurea Tricolor’ Fagaceae 64
Fagus sylvatica ‘Rotundifolia’ Fagaceae 65
Forsythia x intermedia ‘Lynwood’ Oleaceae 98
Fremontodendron californicum Sterc uliaceae 74
Fritillaria imperialis Liliaceae 9
Fritillaria meleagris Liliaceae 10
Geranium phaeum ‘Album’ Geraniaceae 45
Ginkgo biloba Ginkgoaceae 3
Gunnera manicata Gunneraceae 38
Gunnera tinctoria Gunneraceae 39
Hedera helix ‘Oro di Bogliasco’ Araliaceae 110
Helleborus argutifolius Ranunculaceae 34
Helleborus orientalis Ranunculaceae 35
Hosta ‘Royal Standard’ Hostaceae 18
Hydrangea quercifolia SNOWFLAKE ‘Brido’ Hydrangeaceae 80
Ilex aquifolium ‘Ferox Argentea’ Aquifoliaceae 108
Iris ‘Black Swan’ Iridaceae 21
Iris chrysographes Iridaceae 22
Jasminum nudiflorum Oleaceae 99
Knautia macedonica Dipsacaceae 121
Lactuca sativa ‘Little Gem’ Asteraceae 115
Leucanthemum vulgare Asteraceae 116
Lilium martagon Liliaceae 11
Liquidambar styraciflua Hamamelidaceae 43
Liriodendron tulipifera ‘Aureomarginatum’ Magnoliaceae 123
Lobelia cardinalis ‘Queen Victoria’ Campan ulaceae 119
Lonicera periclymenum serotina Caprifoliaceae 120
Lunaria annua subsp. annua Brassicaceae 69
Magnolia grandiflora Magnoliaceae 5
Magnolia sieboldii Magnoliaceae 6
THE HIGHGROVE FLORILEGIUM COMMITTEE
JOHN BODIE OBE, PATRON . PROFESSOR DAVID CADMAN, CHAIRMAN
Helen Allen FLS . Stephanie Berni . Alison Brown . Jane Bruce . Elizabeth Cadman
The Hon. Gillian Foster . Barbara McGee . Henrietta Pearson . Flora Stagg . Amanda Ward
Exhibitions
Example photographs of exhibitions at the New York School of Interior Design and the Huntington Garden, San Marino, Los Angeles, California.
Putting funding into place with the assistance of volunteers and friends. We provide - free of charge - a full size extra page bound into the book listing the donors. Example follows this.