The Pomological Magazine; or Figures and descriptions
of the most important varieties of Fruit cultivated in Great Britain.
Pub. John Linley 1828-1830.
The first three volumes (1828-1930) of the magazine were illustrated
by Augusta Innes Baker Withers who was botanical artist to Queen
Adelaide. She exhibited her work at the gallery of the Horticultural
Society and worked as an illustrator for Curtis's Botanical Magazine.
She was one of the artists for James Batemann's Orchidaceae of
Mexico and Guatemala (1837-1841) which is still considered to
be onwe of the great botanical books of the nineteenth century.
John Lindley was the first secretary at the Royal Horticutural
Society, where he was able to keep informed of new varieties of
fruit and to inform the public about significant new varieties
by publishing The Pomological Magazine.
