page_title: Joseph Paxton
section_title: Publishing
hierarchical_section_title: Joseph Paxton / Publishing
caption_attribution_description: Jacaranda jasminoides
context_page_description: Sir Joseph Paxton was an English gardener, architect and Member of Parliament, best known for designing the Crystal Palace and for cultivating the Cavendish banana, the most consumed banana in the Western world.
context_section_description: In 1831, Paxton published a monthly magazine, The Horticultural Register. This was followed by the Magazine of Botany in 1834, the Pocket Botanical Dictionary in 1840, The Flower Garden in 1850 and the Calendar of Gardening Operations. In addition to these titles he also, in 1841, co-founded perhaps the most famous horticultural periodical, The Gardeners' Chronicle along with John Lindley, Charles Wentworth Dilke and William Bradbury and later became its editor.
caption: Jacaranda jasminoides, plate by Paxton, published in his "Magazine of Botany"
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