The Heathery; Or A Monograph Of The Genus Erica Vol.-1

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Henry Cranke Andrews was an English botanist, botanical artist, and engraver who lived in Knightsbridge and was married to Anne Kennedy. Andrews was known for being an accomplished and unusual botanical artist who was not only the artist but also the engraver, colourist, and publisher of his books, a rarity during his era. His first publication was The Botanist's Repository, which was issued serially in London in ten volumes between 1797 and 1812, providing affordable images of plants to amateur gardeners in Britain. Andrews' major work is considered to be Coloured Engravings of Heaths, published in four volumes between 1794 and 1830, which focused on the many species of the genus Erica that were introduced to Great Britain from South Africa, leading to what has been called an "Erica mania" in British horticulture. Andrews reportedly named the Australian flowering plant Correa after the Portuguese botanist and polymath, José Francisco Correia da Serra, who was living in exile in England from 1795 to 1797. Andrews also taught drawing from nature and etching to private students. The standard author abbreviation Andrews is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

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