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PUBLICATION OF THIS BOOK WAS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY A GRANT FROM THE LEE AND ALBERT H. HALFF FUND OF COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS.
Copyright 1992 by Jean Andrews All rights reserved Printed in Japan 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Requests for permission to reproduce material from this book should be sent to: Permissions University of North Texas Press Post Office Box 13856 Denton, TX 76203
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Andrews, Jean foreword by Ghillean T. Prance1st ed. introduction by E. Arthur Bell1st ed. p. cm. Includes index
DEDICATED TO BILLIE LEE TURNER, RECIPIENT OF THE ASA GRAY AWARD OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLANT TAXONOMISTS , AND MY FRIEND.
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Contents
Foreword Florilegium and Botanical Art
By Ghillean T. Prance
9
Introduction
By E. Arthur Bell
11
Preface to the Plates
By Jean Andrews
13
Plates
18
Index
123
Colophon
127
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Florilegium and Botanical Art
By Ghillean T. Prance
The term florilegium is derived from the Latin words flos, meaning flower, and legere, meaning to gather. The latter was specifically applied to a collection of flowers, but it was also used generally for a special selection of plants, paintings or poems. It has most often been applied to notable collections of flower paintings, especially of garden flowers. The earliest printed florilegium seems to be Adrian Collaert's Florilegium, published in Anver in Holland in 1593. Only a few copies of this rare work exist, one of which is in the Hunt Botanical Library in Pittsburgh. Florilegia were a development of the latter part of the sixteenth century because that was the period in which flowers were first cultivated extensively for their beauty rather than their utility.
Not all works that can be defined as florilegia bear this word in their titles. For example, two early florilegia which followed Collaert's were the beautiful Le jardin de Roy tres Chrestien Henri IV by Pierre Vallet, published in 1608, and Hortus floridus by Crispin Van de Passe, issued in 1614. Since that time, however, most beautiful works of botanical art have used the term florilegium.
Botanical art is a special form of art which combines scientific accuracy with artistic skill. Botanical artists usually have a special love for their subject and considerable knowledge of the structure and function of plants, which is certainly true of Jean Andrews, the author and the artist of this florilegium. Botanical art portrays enough detail of the plant so that it can be identified, but at the same time arranges it on the painting in such a way that it has aesthetic appeal. Botanical art is best defined by looking at the superb examples presented in this volume.
I am delighted to have the opportunity to define these two terms for Jean Andrews, who has done so much to draw attention to the spectacular flora of America.
GHILLEAN T. PRANCE, DIRECTOR ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW, ENGLAND
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Introduction
By E. Arthur Bell
It is a privilege and a pleasure to introduce this delightful volume.
Dr. Andrews is a lady of remarkably wide interests and abilities. Her formal qualifications include a bachelor's degree in Home Economics, a master's degree in Art and Education and a doctorate in Art. Hiding behind all these qualifications is a talented field naturalist who is deeply interested in the plants and animals that she paints so superbly well. She is an authority on the world's peppers, and her beautifully illustrated book Peppers: The Domesticated Capsicums is a fascinating fund of information on the history, biology, agronomy and economic uses of these plants. It also demonstrates admirably the author's versatility, knowledge and scientific curiosity. Other publications of more regional interest which again highlight these qualities include Sea Shells of the Texas Coast, Mollusca: A Biological Survey of the Padre Island National Seashore, and The Texas Bluebonnet.
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