Native Flora Of Louisiana

Praised as one of the most accomplished botanical artists of the twentieth century, Margaret Stones served as the principal illustrator for CurtisÆs Botanical Magazine of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, for twenty-five years. A recipient of the Silver and Gold Royal Horticultural Society Veitch Memorial Medals and the Garden Club of AmericaÆs Eloise Payne Luquer Medal, Stones established a new standard for botanical illustration during her long career. In 1975, Louisiana State University chancellor Paul W. Murrill commissioned Stones to create a series of drawings of native Louisiana plants and described the outcome of that project as ôa modern-day equivalent of John James AudubonÆs Birds of America.ö StonesÆs illustrations of LouisianaÆs native floraùeventually totaling over 200 exquisite watercolor drawingsùinspired the 1980 LSU Press publication of a large folio of twelve loose prints and, in 1991, the release of Flora of Louisiana: Watercolor Drawings by Margaret Stones. Select originals composed a traveling exhibition hosted by numerous venues including the Louisiana State Museum; the SmithsonianÆs Museum of Natural History; the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh; and the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Decades after their completion, StonesÆs drawings of Louisiana flora remain on display in museums and serve as an exceptional resource in the LSU LibrariesÆ Special Collections. Treasured by gardeners, art collectors, and botanists in and out of Louisiana, this contribution to StonesÆs oeuvre highlights the diversity of endemic plant species in southeastern North America and along the Gulf Coast. Drawn only from fresh plants gathered under the guidance of LSU professor Lowell E. Urbatsch, StonesÆs detailed and captivating depictions remain a lasting and unprecedented study of the stateÆs natural beauty. This new edition offers the first complete collection of StonesÆs Louisiana illustrations on archival, acid-free paper, reproduced in elegant, oversize prints. Paired with botanical descriptions by Urbatsch, these exceptional museum-quality reproductions of the artistÆs watercolors provide intimate access to the precision and delicacy that define StonesÆs mastery.

• | Author: NA
• | Publisher: Lsu Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 14, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 488 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Nature
• | ISBN-10: 0807170232
• | ISBN-13: 9780807170236