{"id":5360,"date":"2020-02-14T15:27:32","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T23:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/?post_type=book&#038;p=5360"},"modified":"2022-10-20T15:39:53","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T22:39:53","slug":"our-native-ferns","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/book\/our-native-ferns\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Native Ferns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5362\" src=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/EJL-327x528.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"391\" \/>Edward Joseph Lowe (1825-1900) had the financial means to be an astronomer, a meteorologist, and an expert on ferns, the latter for him being \u201ca matter of everyday life.\u201d\u00a0 He wrote several very popular books in the last half of the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century, during the \u201cfern craze\u201d that engulfed England at the time.\u00a0 In \u201cOur Native Ferns\u201d (1867-69), he focuses on many of the highly coveted mutations, including <em>Athyrium filix-femina<\/em> var. <em>multifidum<\/em>, which he describes as \u201ca most beautiful, symmetrical, and graceful Fern, although a monstrosity.\u201d\u00a0 This book was a catalogue to these many forms, which were the most desirable objects for fern collectors.<\/p>\n<p>Lowe used a third technique for producing his images.\u00a0 Although his title pages lack credits, it is widely known that his images were from the printing company of Benjamin Fawcett (1808-1893) that used a centuries-old technique of wood blocks, but with a difference.\u00a0 Fawcett\u2019s blocks were engraved in aged Turkish boxwood using the especially hard end grain, allowing for very fine lines and detail.\u00a0 For each color, a separate block was used that were carefully aligned and pressed on the page.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Excerpted from the Spring 2020 issue of the <em>Arboretum Bulletin<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edward Joseph Lowe (1825-1900) had the financial means to be an astronomer, a meteorologist, and an expert on ferns, the latter for him being \u201ca matter of everyday life.\u201d\u00a0 He wrote several very popular books in the last half of the 19th century, during the \u201cfern craze\u201d that engulfed England at the time.\u00a0 In \u201cOur Native Ferns\u201d (1867-69), he focuses on many of the highly coveted mutations, including Athyrium filix-femina var. multifidum, which he describes as \u201ca most beautiful, symmetrical,&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/book\/our-native-ferns\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Our Native Ferns<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[100,22],"class_list":["post-5360","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry","keyword-ferns","keyword-reviews"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book\/5360"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/book"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=5360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}