ROBERTS, Mary. Flowers of the Matin and Even Song; or, Thoughts for those who Rise Early. xvi, 192, 16pp of adverts., frontispiece and three other hand-coloured lithographs (dandelion, wood sorrel and globeflower). This work was dedicated to The Princess Royal, with the special permission of Queen Victoria. Original green gilt decorated embossed cloth, all-edges-gilt. Some slight wear to the head and tail of the spine, and fade mark to the upper board. In very good, firm condition with only minor foxing, and a small tear without loss to the front-end-paper. Inscribed on the end-paper, “Margaret Head given by Miss Fanny Patterson - March 30 - 1854.” Bookseller’s small label at the foot of the inner front board, ‘Sold at Curson’s Music Warehouse, 17, High Street, Exeter.” Scarce. small 8vo. Grant and Griffith, successors to John Harris, Corner of St Paul’s Churchyard. 1845. ~ The work describes a selection of the most interesting of flowers which 'observe a fixed time of opening or shutting' such as the daisy, dandelion, scarlet pimpernel etc. The plates are by Samuel Holden. He was a prolific painter of exotic plants, especially orchids, in the 1830s and 1840s. Holden studied most of them in the private collections of plant enthusiasts and collectors in Great Britain, sometimes annotating his drawings with the location of his specimen. He was employed to create botanical illustrations by the Duke of Devonshire’s head gardener, Joseph Paxton.