Rosa multibracteata, Rosa 'Cerise Bouquet' LIB0006246

Rosa multibracteata, Rosa 'Cerise Bouquet' LIB0006246Watercolour of Rosa multibracteata and Rosa 'Cerise Bouquet' by Graham Stuart Thomas. Thomas was a partner at Sunningdale Nurseries in the mid 1940s and Gardens Advisor to the National Trust from 1955. In the 1960s he was awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal and the Victoria Medal of Honour. Appointed OBE in 1975, G. S. Thomas is recognised as a horticulturalist, rosarian, writer and artist.

Hand coloured plate from Johann S Kerner's eighteenth century book 'Beschreibung und Abbildung der Bäume und Gestrauche'

Colour engraving of 'Rosier de Candolle' by P

He was among the first botanists to adopt the Linnean system of classification

Engraved plate from 'L'Empire des Legumes'

Watercolour by William Hooker of the Morello Cherry fruits

Polygala vulgaris (common milkwort)

dated 1789

engraved by Joseph Marie Bessin (1765-

Watercolour of 'Syringa des jardins' (Philadelphus coronarius) and a bird's nest with eggs taken from volume II of 'Flore du désert: receuil des fleurs odorantes dans un coin consacré à une amie'

Watercolour on vellum illustration of Passiflora vespertilis by Margaret Meen

Watercolour on rice paper of plant identified as Lycoris aurea (Spider lily

seeds and sapling growth of the Hornbeam