Iris Botanical Prints

This edition focuses on Mary E. Eaton who also signed her work as M.E. Eaton. You can find out more about this publication by visiting http://www.ctgpublishing.com.

Although the artist produced hundreds of illustrations, a group of iris images were selected from several issues of Addisonia for this edition of delsc. Addisonia was published by the New York Botanical Garden and the prints were produced prior to 1932.

A current map* of the New York Botanical Garden has been included in this issue to show the magnitude of the property and gardens. The New York Botanical Garden is a National Historic Landmark that includes the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory as well as 250-acres of gardens, pathways, waterfalls, ponds, the Bronx River, and 50-acres of trees from the same forest that once covered New York City. The Irises wil be blooming in May and June. Find out more by visiting http://www.nybg.org.

Melanie Paquette Widmann
Editor and Publisher
March 2012

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