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SAMUEL GCURTIS’S ‘BEAUTIES OF FLORA.’ 183 
forming parts 1 and 2, are all dated Jan. 1, 1798; but the first 
number appeared in 1796, and the second in 1797.* The t ird 
part, which appeared in 1803, contains plates dated 1793, 1800, 
1801, 1802—the last of the number bearing date 1798. Pritzel’s 
dates for the work, ‘‘ 1792-1800,” are thus both inaccurate, as is 
1790, which is given aiider: his other title for the book. 
XIX. Samvex Curtis’s ‘Beauties or Frora.’ 
y be made of another little-known work, 
botanical iiiportasios, which we have in the Botanical Department, 
where it is bound with Samuel Curtis’s Monograph of Camellia 
This is a series of ten folio plates, to which is prefixed aff orna- 
mental engraved title-page, running as follows :— 
BEAUTIES 
_ OF 
FLORA 
BEING A SELECTION oF FLOWERS PAINTED FROM NaTURE BY 
Eminent ARTISTS, 
WITH ACCURATE Vibicmdicile in EnGuisH aND FRENCH, TOGETHER 
WITH THE MOST APPROVED METHOD OF CULTURE, BY 
SAMUEL CURTIS, F.L.S. 
FROM WHOSE COLLECTION THE SPECIMENS ARE SELECTED. 
[Here an allegorical picture of Flora (?).} 
PusuisHep sy §. Curtis, Gamston, Norts. 
The work is not mentioned by = dy though it is included in 
Mr. B. D. Jackson’s Guide. There is no letterpress, and I think 
It seems to be rare, as there is no copy in the British Museum 
Library, nor at Kew. 
The ten eng Aution are not numbered) represent groups of 
flowers, as follow 
é . 6. Hyacinths. 
2} Dablias. 7. Carnations. 
3. Anemones 8. Pinks, 
; 9. Tulips. 
5. Polyanthus. 10. Ranunculus. 
None of them bear any title: the name of Weddell as engraver 
appears on Nos, 1, 2, and 6. On Nos. 9 and 10 is printed 
* See Annals of Kitena, i. 16 6 (1805). 
