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The busiest man in England : the life of Joseph Paxton, gardener, architect, & Victorian visionary / by Kate Colquhoun.

A tropical orchid (Trichopilia marginata): flowering plant. Coloured zincograph by L. Constans, c. 1851, after himself.

A tropical orchid (Trichopilia suavis): flowering plant. Coloured zincograph by L. Constans, c. 1850, after himself.

A wax plant (Hoya species): flowering stem. Coloured zincograph by L. Constans, c. 1850, after himself.

The Crystal Palace from the Great Exhibition, installed at Sydenham: sculptures of prehistoric creatures in the foreground. Colour Baxter-process print by G. Baxter, 1864(?).

A pitcher plant (Sarracenia drummondii): two pitchers and a small depiction of an entire plant. Coloured zincograph by L. Constans, c. 1850, after himself.

Cape pondweed or water hawthorn (Aponogeton distachyus): flowering stems and leaves. Coloured zincograph by L. Constans, c. 1851, after himself.

A pocket botanical dictionary comprising the names, history, and culture of all plants known in Britain; with a full explanation of technical terms / By Joseph Paxton ... assisted by Professor Lindley. A new edition. With supplement containing all the new plants since its appearance.

Paxton, Sir Joseph (1803-1865), landscape gardener and architect, and Brunel, Isambard Kingdom (1806-1859), engineer

Paxton's botanical dictionary : comprising the names, history, and culture of all plants known in Britain with a full explanation of technical terms / [Sir Joseph Paxton].

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A pocket botanical dictionary comprising the names, history, and culture of all plants known in Britain; with a full explanation of technical terms / By Joseph Paxton ... assisted by Professor Lindley. A new edition. With supplement containing all the new plants since its appearance.

A tropical orchid (Trichopilia marginata): flowering plant. Coloured zincograph by L. Constans, c. 1851, after himself.

The Crystal Palace from the Great Exhibition, installed at Sydenham: sculptures of prehistoric creatures in the foreground. Colour Baxter-process print by G. Baxter, 1864(?).

Paxton, Sir Joseph (1803-1865), landscape gardener and architect, and Brunel, Isambard Kingdom (1806-1859), engineer

Paxton's botanical dictionary : comprising the names, history, and culture of all plants known in Britain with a full explanation of technical terms / [Sir Joseph Paxton].