Plantae Utiliores

Olive, gum arabic, strawberry and apple show the practical reach of Plantae Utiliores, a work on the useful plants employed ...

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Olive, gum arabic, strawberry and apple show the practical reach of Plantae Utiliores, a work on the useful plants employed in the arts and medicine. Mary Ann Burnett prepared it, with some text by her brother Gilbert, and Whittaker & Co. published it in London; the plates here are catalogued in 1842. Food plants appear beside species valued for materials, medicines or horticulture, and familiar garden subjects sit next to plants from warmer regions. Each plate is a hand-coloured portrait of an identifiable plant, its flowers, foliage and fruit clearly distinguished.

Olive, gum arabic, strawberry and apple show the practical reach of Plantae Utiliores, a work on the useful plants employed in the arts and medicine. Mary Ann Burnett prepared it, with some text by her brother Gilbert, and Whittaker & Co. published it in London; the plates here are catalogued in 1842. Food plants appear beside species valued for materials, medicines or horticulture, and familiar garden subjects sit next to plants from warmer regions. Each plate is a hand-coloured portrait of an identifiable plant, its flowers, foliage and fruit clearly distinguished.

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