Syringa josikaea (Hungarian Lilac) is a species of lilac, native to central and eastern Europe. . Miss R. Mills (active 18361842) was also the main illustrator for Knowles and Westcott’s The Floral Cabinet (1837-1842). . Benjamin Maund's The Botanist was a five-volume series that introduced 250 new plants from 1836 to 1842. The series is notable for its many female artists: the plates were drawn by Maund's daughters Sarah and Eliza, Augusta Withers, Priscilla Bury, Jane Taylor, Miss R. Mills among others. The other characteristic is partial colouring - many of the finely detailed copperplate

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Syringa josikaea (Hungarian Lilac) is a species of lilac, native to central and eastern Europe. . Miss R. Mills (active 1836~1842) was also the main illustrator for Knowles and Westcott’s The Floral Cabinet (1837-1842). . Benjamin Maund's The Botanist was a five-volume series that introduced 250 new plants from 1836 to 1842. The series is notable for its many female artists: the plates were drawn by Maund's daughters Sarah and Eliza, Augusta Withers, Priscilla Bury, Jane Taylor, Miss R. Mills among others. The other characteristic is partial colouring - many of the finely detailed copperplate engravings are left with part of the flower and leaves uncoloured.