Christmas rose; Japan quince; winter aconite and lobelia. Lithograph designed and coloured by James Andrews from Robert Tyas' 鈥楩lowers from Foreign Lands;' London; 1853; Houlston and Stoneman. Little is known about the artist James Andrews (1801~1876) apart from his work. This gifted artist taught flower-painting to young ladies and published a treatise Lessons in Flower Painting in 1835. Blunt calls him 鈥榓n illustrator of sentimental flower books;' but admits that he was 鈥榲ery talented.' His signature JA can be found in many botanical gift books for publisher Robert Tyas from The Sentiment of Flowers (1836) to Flowers from Foreign Lands (1853). He went on to illustrate Mrs. Lee's Trees; Plants and Flowers (1854); Edward Henderson's Illustrated Bouquet (1857~1864); and Rev. Honywood Dombrain's Floral Magazine (1862~1866). He also provided the illustrations for the gardening magazine The Florist; Fruitist and Garden Miscellany; which ran from 1848 to 1857.