MARSH BENT-GRASS, VAR. A 1872 John Edward Sowerby PLANT PRINT

Original 1872 6 1/2 inch x 9 7/8 inch coloured print titled AGROSTIS ALBA, VAR. GENUINA. MARSH BENT-GRASS, VAR. A.

Agrostis can be annual or perennial grasses, with narrow or bristle-like leaves and branches panicles of small flowers.

Drawn by John Edward Sowerby (1825 - 1870). A British botanical illustrator and publisher born in Lambeth, London.

From a disbound copy of English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants edited by John T. Boswell Syme

Third Edition Published in London in 1872 by by Robert Hardwicke, 192 Piccadilly.

The print is in very good condition. Reverse side blank.