Two hundred garden flowers, each with F. Edward Hulme's hand-drawn colour plate and Shirley Hibberd's essay — five series of the best-loved flower book of the Victorian garden, complete.

The Winter Aconite

2 pages in this part of Familiar Garden Flowers.

The Winter Aconite (CHRISTMAS ROSE or HELLEBORUS)

CHRISTMAS ROSE, or HELLEBORUS. The familiar name needs no explanation. Helleborus is from the Greek helein, to kill, and bora, food…

The Winter Aconite (Eranthis hyemalis)

Eranthis hyemalis.

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