The "RHS Diary" and "Address Book" for 2008 are illustrated with colour prints from three great nineteenth century multi-volume anthologies of rare and unusual plants from around the world: Ludwig Reichenbach's Icones Florae Germanicae, Nathaniel Wallich's Plantae Asiaticae Rariores and Alexis Jordan and Jules Fourreau's Icones ad floram Europae. Each week features a full-page colour illustration and the diary includes the dates of all the "RHS Flower Shows" as well as national and religious holidays and astronomical information.