The Orchid Album Exhibition
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Channel: chicagobotanicgarden · 2010 · Education
The Orchid Album, written by Robert Warner and illustrated by John Nugent Fitch, set the standard for orchid description and illustration in the nineteenth century. Containing more than 500 stunning chromolithographic plates in 11 volumes, this work capture orchid varieties in their wild states before hybridization. The exhibition is on display in the Chicago Botanic Garden's Lenhardt Library through May 9, 2010.
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