Smith, Edwin Dalton

4 fine original watercolors of a tulip, a picotee and two varieties of ranunculus (each, 9 3/4  x 7 3/4  in.; 248 x 198 mm), extracted from an album, each numbered in ink in the upper right corner.  Floated and glazed in handsome gilt frames.

The watercolors, all executed for Sweet's The Florist's Guide and Cultivator's Directory, are numbered 30 [Tulip "Violet Alexandre"], 59 [Picotee "Erasmus"], 60 [unidentified], and 192 [unidentified].