Identification by a general reader was given in exploded details, some of which were given as a section. This was accompanied by a page or two of text describing the plants properties, history, growth characteristics, and some common names for the species. The first volume's illustrations were mostly by Sydenham Edwards.
A dispute with the editors saw his departure to start the rival The Botanical Register. The credit for the first plate Iris persica goes to James Sowerby , as did a dozen of Edwards contributions. The first thirty volumes used copper engraving to provide the plates, the hand colouring of these was performed by up to thirty people. An issue might have a circulation of copies, with 3 plates in each. As costs of production rose, and demand increased, results would be variable within a run. The later use of machine colouring would provide uniformity to the artists work, although the process could not give the same detail for many years.
The magazine has been considered to be the premier journal for early botanical illustration. When Curtis died, having completed 13 volumes — , his friend John Sims became editor between and Volumes 15—26 and changed the name.
William Hooker was the editor from , bringing to it his experience as a botanist, and as author of the rival magazine, Exotic Botany. Hooker brought the artist Walter Hood Fitch to the magazine, this artist became the magazines principal artist for forty years. Joseph Dalton Hooker followed his father, becoming the Director of Kew Gardens in , and editor of its magazine.
The Botanical magazine, or, Flower-garden displayed /. Add this to your Mendeley library Report Related Titles. Succeeded by: Curtis's botanical magazine. The Botanical Magazine, Vol. 5 Or, Flower-Garden Displayed William Curtis Monarda Fistulosa, var. Crimson Monarda Class and Order. Diandra Monogynia.
Fitch resigned from the magazine in following a dispute with Hooker—for whom Fitch had been preparing illustrations for several books—and Hooker's daughter Harriet Anne Hooker Thiselton-Dyer stepped in. Like Thiselton-Dyer, Smith was brought to the magazine by Hooker, who was her cousin. Between and Smith drew over 2, plates for Curtis's. Her exceptional contribution was to see her become the first botanic artist of Kew, and she was later made an associate of the Linnean Society —the second woman to have achieved this.
The scientific value of the figures and illustration, a source of pride and notability for the magazine, required the careful training of the illustrators. The artist worked closely with the botanist to depict a specimen, the use of exploded details surrounding the depiction gave the volumes practical appeal to botanists, horticulturalists, and gardeners. The magazine is the greatest serial of botanical illustration yet produced, the consistent quality of the journal's plates and authority make this the most widely cited work of its kind. Other 19th century artists who contributed largely to the magazine include Augusta Innes Withers and Anne Henslow Barnard , Joseph Dalton Hooker's sister-in-law, who was active in the period — In , Nellie Roberts, began illustration, should completed over 5, images of orchids.
It has been published continuously ever since, with a change of name to The Kew Magazine from to In the name reverted to that of the widely cited, Curtis's Botanical Magazine.
It continues to be published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew as a publication for those interested in horticulture, ecology or botanical illustration. The standard form of abbreviation is Curtis's Bot.
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William Curtis 11 January — 7 July was an English botanist and entomologist, who was born at Alton, Hampshire. Curtis began as an apothecary, before turning his attention to botany and other natural history. The publications he prepared effectively reached a wider audience than early works on the subject had intended. At the age of 25 he produced Instructions for collecting and preservi William Curtis 11 January — 7 July was an English botanist and entomologist, who was born at Alton, Hampshire. At the age of 25 he produced Instructions for collecting and preserving insects; particularly moths and butterflies.
Curtis was demonstrator of plants and Praefectus Horti at the Chelsea Physic Garden from to He published Flora Londinensis 6 volumes, — , a pioneering work in that it devoted itself to urban nature. Financial success was not found, but he went on the publish The Botanical Magazine in , a work that would also feature hand coloured plates by artists such as James Sowerby, Sydenham Edwards, and William Kilburn.
Curtis was to gain wealth from the ventures into publishing, short sales on Londinensis were offset by over 3, copies of the magazine. Curtis said they had each brought 'pudding or praise'. The genus Curtisia is named in his honour.
His publication was continued as the esteemed botanical publication, Curtis's Botanical Magazine. The noted natural history illustrators, James Sowerby and Sydenham Edwards both found a start with the eminent magazine. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation Curtis when citing a botanical name.