Charlotte Georgina Trower (born 1855, Ware, Hertfordshire, d. 8 November 1928, Ware, Hertfordshire) was the daughter of Edward Spencer Trower and his wife Emma nee Gosselin , she was a British botanical illustrator and botanist noted for her watercolor paintings of mostly British plants and flowers.[1] She collaborated with her sister Alice and amateur botanist George Claridge Druce to create over 1,800 scientifically accurate paintings.[2] Her illustrations were used as major contributions in two books, Skene's Flower Book for the Pocket and British Brambles.[3]

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  1. ^ Ogilvie, Marilyn; Harvey, Joy (2003). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century. Routledge. p. 1305. ISBN 9781135963439.
  2. ^ Harris, S. A. (2 March 2009). "The Trower collection: Botanical watercolours of an Edwardian lady". Journal of the History of Collections. 22 (1): 115–128. doi:10.1093/jhc/fhn019.
  3. ^ Way, Twigs (2005). Virgins, Weeders and Queens: A History of Women in the Garden. The History Press. ISBN 9780752495781.


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