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In the early 1800s, Robert Sweet produced The Florist’s Guide and Cultivator’s Directory or drawings of the choicest Florists flowers, which contained a large number of hand-colored botanical engravings. The work was published in London by James Ridgeway between 1827 and 1832. It featured engravings after Edwin Dalton Smith which were engraved by J. Watts and printed on fine woven, watermarked paper. Robert Sweet received early training as a gardener, and utilized this skill to become a foremost name in the horticultural world. Florist’s Guide, originally published as a periodical, featured some of the most favored botanical illustrations including engravings of showy auriculas, striking tulips, and elegant roses. Following is a list of English Florists’ tulips then in existence and illustrated in the Florist's Guide, all of which subsequently have become extinct. Only the hand-colored engravings survive to reveal the beauty of these lost tulips. This is an example of the need to preserve the English Florists' tulips being raised today. The following hand-colored engravings were photographed and are included here courtesy of Trillium Antique Prints and Rare Books. Captions: Upper Right: Alexandrina Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. Alexandrina. Left Rose Galatea Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. Rosea. Click images for larger versions. Aglaia Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. Aglaiana
Albion Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. albionensis
Alexandrina Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. Alexandrina
Bartlett's Thunderbolt Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. fulminea
Bataille D'Eyleau Tulip - Tulipa Gesnariana var. sanguifera
Bonaparte Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. Bonaparteana Burnard's Agitator Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. Burnardiana
Burnard's Emancipator Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. emancipate
Caledonian Hero Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. Caledonica
Daveyana Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. Daveyana
Davey's Trafalgar Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. marginata Don Miguel Tulip - Tulipa Gesnariana var. Migueli George theFourth Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. Georgii
Gloria Alborum Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. albida
Gloria Mundi Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. gloriosa Goldham's Earl of Liverpool Tulip - Tulipa Gesnariana var. Jenkinsoni
Goldham's Maria Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. Maria
Grande Monarque Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. augusta
Holmes's King Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. Holmesiana Lady of the Lake Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. virginea
Lampson Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. Lampsoniana
Lancashire Hero Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. Lancastriensis
Lawrance's La Joie Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. laetifica Lawrence's Polyphemus Tulip - Tulipa Gesnariana var. Polyphemi
Lord Brougham Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. Broughami
Lord Collingwood Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. Collingwoodii
Lord Hill Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. Hilliana
Lord Holland Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. Hollandiana
Louis XVI Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. Ludoviana
This image depicts both a feather and flame. Penelope Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. Penelopeana
Platonia Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. platyantha
Pompe Funebre Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. pulchella
Prince George Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. Georgii
Prince Leopold Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. Leopoldi
Princess Charlotte's Cenotaph Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. Charlotteana
Pucelle D'Orleans Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. puella
Rose Bacchus Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. Bacchusii
Rose Brillante Tulip - Tulipa Gesnariana var. fulgens Rose Camusa de Craix Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. purpureo-rosea
Rose Daphne Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. Daphneana
Rose Galatea Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. Rosea
This engraving is in the collection of Hortus Tulipus.
Rose Juno Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. Juno
Semplon Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. Semploniensis
Sir George Duckett Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. Duckettiana
Strong's Canning Tulip -- Tulipa Gesneriana var. Canningiana
Strong's Dutchess of Kent Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. principassae
Strong's Esther Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. Estheriana
Strong's High Admiral Tulip - Tulipa Gesnariana var. Strongii
"> Strong's King Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. regia Strong's Rainbow Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. iridiflora
Titian Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. Titiana
Violet a Belle Forme Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. pulchella
Violet Alexandre Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. Alexandri
La Virginiti Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. virginita
Walworth Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. retusa
Willmer's Duke of York Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. Fredericiana
Winefred Tulip - Tulipa Gesneriana var. Winefrediana
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