JENNY The Botanical Cabinet


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FIGURE 4. Goodyera pubescens, the first plate in the whole
 series from 1817.

 Octomeria loddigesii Lindley (1836)
 Dendrobium loddigesii Rolfe (1887)
 Cirrhaea loddigesii Lindley (1832)
 Acropera loddigesii Lindley (1833)
 Cycnoches loddigesii Lindley (1832)
 Cattleya loddigesii Lindley (1821)
 Already Conrad Loddiges had the idea of
presenting his plants to a broader public in an
illustrated form, and so George started in 1817
to publish his own series of publications under
the name "Botanical Cabinet." The full title is
"The Botanical Cabinet consisting of coloured
delineations of plants from all countries with a
short account of each, directions for management
&c. &c.", with the added maxim "Even Solomon
in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these."
(Fig. 3). In its essence, this periodical was simply


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 the Botanical Cabinet for 1817. t
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 an illustrated catalogue or an illustrated supplement









 for the catalogues of the nursery. The idea was
 to publish the best and most interesting plants
 available in the nursery as coloured illustrations
 photographs were not yet available at that time
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 together with some information about origin and

 Cabinet was, except for the Curtis's Botanical
 Magazine and Edwards's Botanical Register,
 one of the very first periodicals of this kind to





 be published. The editor tried to make clear that
 his Botanical Cabinet was not intended to be
 a competitor of Curtis's Botanical Magazine.


 George Loddiges contacted John Sims, from 1800
 until 1826 the editor of the Botanical Magazine
 (vol. 14 to 53), before he started the publication
 and explained the situation to him. The very short
 texts accompanying the plates inBotanical Cabinet




 reflect Loddiges' effort to avoid any conflict with
 a well established and scientifically accepted

 journal like Curtis's Botanical Magazine.
 oANlESTIANA(2), eAugst 2008 Uversdad de Costaia, 2008lat
 together with some information about origin and
 culture and a short description. The Botanical
 Cabinet was, except for the Curtis's Botanical
 aMagazine and Edwards's Botanical Register,



 a competitor of Curtis's Botanical MMagazine


 (vol. 14 to 53), before he started the publication







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