Sources
Books on Flower Painting and Still Lifes
Lewis, Frank. A Dictionary of Dutch and Flemish Flower, Fruit, and Still Life Painters, 15th to 19th Century. Leigh-on-Sea: F. Lewis, Publishers, Ltd., 1973.
Mitchell, Peter. The Inspiration of Nature: Paintings of Still Life, Flowers, Birds and Insects by Dutch and Flemish Artists of the 17th Century. London: John Mitchell and Sons, 1976.
Runia, Epco, Katy Kist, and Jennifer Kilian. In the Mauritshuis: Flowers. Zwolle: Waanders Publishers, 2007.
Segal, Sam. Flowers and Nature: Netherlandish Flower Painting of Four Centuries. The Hague: SDU Publishers, 1990.
Segal, Sam. A Flowery Past: A Survey of Dutch and Flemish Flower Painting From 1600 Until the Present. Amsterdam: Gallery P. de Boer, 1982.
Taylor, Paul. Dutch Flower Painting: 1600-1720. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995.
Wheelock, Arthur. From Botany to Bouquets: Flowers in Northern Art. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1999.
Books on Flowers
Bunyard, Edward A. Old Garden Roses. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1937.
Grey-Wilson, Christopher. Cyclamen: A Guide for Gardeners, Horticulturalists and Botanists. Portland: Timber Press, 1997.
Innes, Clive. The World of Iridacea. Ashington: Holly Gate International Ltd., 1985.
Mathew, Brian. The Iris. New York: Universe Books, 1981.
Nold, Robert. Columbines: Aquilegia, Paraquilegia, and Semiaquilegia. Portland: Timber Press, 2003.
Potter, Jennifer. The Rose: A True History. London: Atlantic Books, 2010.
Important Websites
www.plants.usda.gov
www.plantillustrations.org
www.wikipedia.org
Image Sources
http://dpc.uba.uva.nl/cgi/i/image/image-idx?sid=93ec09dff33542926bdcefa6cac15fa5;page=index;c=botanie;lang=nl
http://www.floweringshrubfarm.com/flowerpic147big.jpg
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/33464/33464-h/images/ill-0065.jpg
http://objects.library.uu.nl/reader/index.php?obj=1874-255736&lan=en#page//98/11/79/98117971234025888095670821311480455829.jpg/mode/thumb
http://oldtulips.org/images/silver_standard_tulip_(rdv)_2009_lg.jpg
http://www.onlineplantguide.com/Image%20Library/R/6718.jpg
http://plants.usda.gov/gallery/pubs/mysc_002_php.jpg
http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=mubo_003_avp.tif
http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=vitr_002_ahp.jpg
http://www.rosesloubert.com/collection%20loubert/2002/rosa%20centifolia%20(provenance%20kassel).JPG
http://www.teylersmuseum.nl/wotpdf/Bessler_tomus_I/Flash.htm#/1/
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Iris_variegata_01.JPG
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Aquilegia_vulgaris_100503c.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Convallaria_majalis_0002.JPG
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Cyclamen_purpurascens_280803.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritillaria_meleagris#mediaviewer/File:Fritillaria_meleagris_MichaD.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary#mediaviewer/File:Rosemary_bush.jpg