GARDEN HISTORY GIRL

Miss Willmott's filmy ferns

Miss Willmott's daffodils

Plate I from 'A History of the British Sea-Anemones and Corals' by Philip Henry Gosse, 1860 Introduction If you've read my blog about the Belgian botanical journal, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe , you may remember that when reviewing the volume for 1858 I was rather surprised to come across several beautiful illustrations of sea creatures under an article titled Les Aquariums Marins-Anemones de Mer or, in English, ' Marine Aquariums-Sea Anemones ', which descri