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Interior photography by © Marion Brenner, except: © 57stock/Alamy 136 (right); © Ann Ralph 93, 112, 113, 129; courtesy of Carleen Madigan 18; © Dave Wilson Nursery 13, 32, 64; © Heidi Johnson 27; © kotema/123rf.com 144; © Nigel Cattlin/Alamy 136 (left); © Saxon Holt/Photo Botanic 10, 139, 142; © Shippee/agefotostock 145
Illustrations by © Allison Langton, cover, title page, 8–9, 16–17, 24, 30–31, 46–47, 30–31, 51, 62–63, 73, 76–77, 84, 86–87, 98–99, 116–117, 124–125, 140–141, 145, 152–153, 155, 157, 161–163; except for Ilona Sherratt, 41. All other illustrations from: Designs of Nature (Pepin Press Design Books) edited by Dorine Van Den Beukel, 1999, Knickerbocker Press; and Plants and Flowers: 1761 Illustrations for Artists and Designers edited by Alan E. Bessette and William K. Chapman, 1992, Dover Publications.
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