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.