During the twentieth century all types of botanical illustration including scientific works, descriptions of exotic species, horticultural advertising, and decorative works, flourished. Advances in printing technology have made beautifully illustrated botanical books available to a mass audience. Technology has also made possible high quality facsimile editions of early works.
Artists continue to be inspired by the beauty of flowers.
Many artists are reinterpreting traditional horticultural literature such as herbals and florilegia. Contemporary book artists have produced works with hand colored engravings and decorated covers that harken back to the elegant books of the late eighteenth century. The joining of botanical art and poetry, so popular in the nineteenth century, also continues with such major artists as Jim Dine, Leonard Baskin, and Donald Sultan working with important poets to produce limited edition works of the highest quality. Arthur Grove, 1865-1942. A supplement to Elwes' Monograph of the genus Lilium .