Musée No: SET.602Set of Six A set of six British Ferns by the artist Edward Joseph Date: 1856 1860 Edward Joseph Lowe (1825 1900) was a renowned English botanist, meteorologist and astronomer, who published papers on a wide variety of subjects, including luminous meteors, sunspots, the zodiacal light, conchology, ferns, grasses and other plants. He was affectionately known as "The Big Snowflake" because of his beard.