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Joseph Dalton Hooker
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- 1A Victorian illustration of Himalayan Magnolia campbellii circulates again●Magnolia campbellii. John Fergusson Cathcart, from "Illustrations of Himalayan Plants" by Joseph Dalton Hooker, London:
A lithograph of Magnolia campbellii by John Fergusson Cathcart, from Joseph Dalton Hooker's 'Illustrations of Himalayan Plants', published in London in 1855, is being shared with readers interested in historical botanical art. The plate documents one of the great flowering trees of the Himalayas as recorded during nineteenth-century plant exploration, and archival collections of old book illustrations continue to draw an appreciative online audience.