Susyn Andrews, John Feltwell, Alysia Hunt and Mark Lane

A limited edition of one hundred copies hand-bound in quarter leather with japanese silk sides and presented in a full cloth slipcase.

This beautifully illustrated book contains a brief history of mulberry trees in Britain and their introduction under the royal patronage of James I, along with fully detailed botanical descriptions and watercolour illustrations of fourteen of the mulberry taxa held in the National Collection of Morus in the gardens of Buckingham Palace.

The original copy of this book, with hand-painted botanical illustrations by Alysia Hunt, was commissioned by Mark Lane, the Royal Gardens Manager, and published by the Royal Warrant Holders’ Association for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, holder of the National Collection of Morus, in 2012 to mark Her Diamond Jubilee.

This limited edition faithfully reproduces the original watercolours and text in a beautiful hand-bound volume that is offered to bibliophiles, collectors of botanical art, horticulturists and dendrologists as a very special souvenir of The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.