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Lenhardt Library of the Chicago Botanic Garden Digitized Collections: Ikebana & Flowers

The Rare Book Collection of the Lenhardt Library of the Chicago Botanic Garden offers a comprehensive perspective on five centuries of research in botany, botanical art, horticulture, agriculture, gardening, and landscape design.

Japanese Ikebana

Illustration: Yasumasa Yoshio

Seizan Goryū ikebana tebikigusa. Zenpen / Keigetsuen Yasumasa Sensei cho ; [Gakō Momokawa Shikō"].
Yoshio, Yasumasa, active 1789-1800. Volume 1
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Guide to Seizan style flower arrangements. eng
Seizan Goryū ikebana tebikigusa. Zenpen / Keigetsuen Yasumasa Sensei cho ; [Gakō Momokawa Shikō"].
Yoshio, Yasumasa, active 1789-1800. Volume 2
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Guide to Seizan style flower arrangements. eng
Seizan Goryū ikebana tebikigusa. Zenpen / Keigetsuen Yasumasa Sensei cho ; [Gakō Momokawa Shikō"].
Yoshio, Yasumasa, active 1789-1800. Volume 3
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Guide to Seizan style flower arrangements. eng
Seizan Goryū ikebana tebikigusa. Zenpen / Keigetsuen Yasumasa Sensei cho ; [Gakō Momokawa Shikō"].
Yoshio, Yasumasa, active 1789-1800. Volume 4
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Guide to Seizan style flower arrangements. eng
Seizan Goryū ikebana tebikigusa. Zenpen / Keigetsuen Yasumasa Sensei cho ; [Gakō Momokawa Shikō"].
Yoshio, Yasumasa, active 1789-1800. Volume 5
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Guide to Seizan style flower arrangements. eng

German Wildflowers

Illustrations: Rudolf Koch

Das Blumenbuch. [Zeichnungen von Rudolf Koch ; in Holz geschnitten von Fritz Kredel].
Koch, Rudolf, 1876-1934. Volume 1
Das Blumenbuch. [Zeichnungen von Rudolf Koch ; in Holz geschnitten von Fritz Kredel].
Koch, Rudolf, 1876-1934. Volume 2
Das Blumenbuch. [Zeichnungen von Rudolf Koch ; in Holz geschnitten von Fritz Kredel].
Koch, Rudolf, 1876-1934. Volume 3

British Wild Flowers of the Months

Illustration: J. C. Clark

The songs of the seasons, and wild flowers of the months : or, the British wild flowers familiarly described under the months in which they bloom and the localities in which they grow / by J.H. Clark.
Clark, J. C.
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Flowers & Cultivation

Illustration: Édouard Müller

Flore pittoresque : croquis d'après nature / par E. Müller.
Müller, Édouard, 1823-1876.
Les pensées : histoire, culture, multiplication, emploi / par J. Barillet.
Barillet, Jean-Pierre, 1824-1875.
[Photographs of tree peonies] [graphic] / [by William Gratwick, Nassos Daphnis, and Minor White ; compiled by William Gratwick.].
Gratwick, William.
Phyto-iconographie der Bromeliaceen des kaiserlichen königlichen Hofburg-Gartens in Wien.
Antoine, Franz, 1815-1886.
A plain and practical treatise on the culture and management of the auricula : with full directions for preparing the most approved composts, raising plants from seed &c. &c. ... / by Isaac Emmerton, nurseryman and florist, late of Barnet, Herts.
Emmerton, Isaac.