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Elsie Katherine Dykes

Elsie Katherine Dykes was a grower and hybridiser of irises and tulips, esteemed in that role by her peers in London's horticultural circles in the first quarter of the 20th century. It is her paintings for Notes on Tulip Species, however, that set her apart. When her husband - William Rickatson Dykes, secretary of the Royal Horticultural Society and known for his work with irises - met his untimely death by accident, Katherine edited his notes for posthumous publication and added 54 stunning paintings of the tulips he had been working with.

Sadly, Katherine Dykes herself was killed in a train accident in 1933, a little more than 2 years after publishing Notes on Tulip Species.

1. Form of T. orphanidea boiss No 1561

Description:
From "Notes on Tulip Species", by William Rickatson Dykes and Elsie Katherine Dykes
Attribution:
Dykes, Elsie Katherine
Date:
1930

2. T dasystemon regel

Description:
From "Notes on Tulip Species", by William Rickatson Dykes and Elsie Katherine Dykes
Attribution:
Dykes, Elsie Katherine
Date:
1930

3. T fosteriana hoog

Description:
From "Notes on Tulip Species", by William Rickatson Dykes and Elsie Katherine Dykes
Attribution:
Dykes, Elsie Katherine
Date:
1930

4. T greigh regel

Description:
From "Notes on Tulip Species", by William Rickatson Dykes and Elsie Katherine Dykes
Attribution:
Dykes, Elsie Katherine
Date:
1930

5. T hageri heldr

Description:
From "Notes on Tulip Species", by William Rickatson Dykes and Elsie Katherine Dykes
Attribution:
Dykes, Elsie Katherine
Date:
1930

6. T hoeltzeri regel

Description:
From "Notes on Tulip Species", by William Rickatson Dykes and Elsie Katherine Dykes
Attribution:
Dykes, Elsie Katherine
Date:
1930

7. T kaufmanniana regel

Description:
From "Notes on Tulip Species", by William Rickatson Dykes and Elsie Katherine Dykes
Attribution:
Dykes, Elsie Katherine
Date:
1930

8. T lusiana DC from Tibet

Description:
From "Notes on Tulip Species", by William Rickatson Dykes and Elsie Katherine Dykes
Attribution:
Dykes, Elsie Katherine
Date:
1930

9. T orphanidea boiss No 702

Description:
From "Notes on Tulip Species", by William Rickatson Dykes and Elsie Katherine Dykes
Attribution:
Dykes, Elsie Katherine
Date:
1930

10. T praecox tenore

Description:
From "Notes on Tulip Species", by William Rickatson Dykes and Elsie Katherine Dykes
Attribution:
Dykes, Elsie Katherine
Date:
1930

11. T saxatilius sieber

Description:
From "Notes on Tulip Species", by William Rickatson Dykes and Elsie Katherine Dykes
Attribution:
Dykes, Elsie Katherine
Date:
1930

12. T sylvestris from Mt Athos

Description:
From "Notes on Tulip Species", by William Rickatson Dykes and Elsie Katherine Dykes
Attribution:
Dykes, Elsie Katherine
Date:
1930

13. T sylvestris from Persia

Description:
From "Notes on Tulip Species", by William Rickatson Dykes and Elsie Katherine Dykes
Attribution:
Dykes, Elsie Katherine
Date:
1930

14. T tubergeniana hoog

Description:
From "Notes on Tulip Species", by William Rickatson Dykes and Elsie Katherine Dykes
Attribution:
Dykes, Elsie Katherine
Date:
1930

15. T undulatifolia boiss from Lake Beyscher

Description:
From "Notes on Tulip Species", by William Rickatson Dykes and Elsie Katherine Dykes
Attribution:
Dykes, Elsie Katherine
Date:
1930