PAXTON (Sir Joseph, 1801-1865, Architect of the Crystal Palace, Landscape Gardener at Chatsworth)

Final part of a long Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent giving instructions "the corner of the clump 4, it looks lumpish and bad, take out the dot where the cross is at 5. No. 6 wants cleaning ... 8 wants more distinctiveness ... 10 put in a few more little trees, Asia and Africa look excellent ... The Gardeners Calendar you shall have down in the morning ... the Naturalist Calendar is very good ... We have deemed it expedient to give the prices of Fruit & Vegetables as they are sold at Covent Garden Market, we know that in various parts of the country the prices will ... vary but still it will be a guide to acquaint such persons who want to send their garden produce to Covent Garden Market ... Put in the ... ornithological dictionary and the extract of the Butcher Bird the paper is in the proof state ...", 3 sides folio, no place, no date paper watermarked Whitman

In 1831, Paxton published a monthly magazine, The Horticultural Register. This was followed by the Magazine of Botany in 1834, the Pocket Botanical Dictionary in 1840, The Flower Garden in 1850 and the Calendar of Gardening Operations. In addition to these titles he also, in 1841, co-founded perhaps the most famous horticultural periodical, The Gardeners' Chronicle along with John Lindley, Charles Wentworth Dilke and William Bradbury and later became its editor.

Item Date:  1830

Stock No:  39812      £250

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