Galanthus byzantinus LIB0039933

Galanthus byzantinus LIB0039933Watercolour of Galanthus byzantinus (snowdrop) by E A Bowles. These three specimens were painted during the winter and spring of 1906 1907.

Watercolour by Willliam Hooker of The Chaumontelle Pear

Watercolour entitled Phlox drummondii by Caroline Maria Applebee painted c

Hand-coloured engraved plate from Nicolas Robert's 'Variæ ac multiformum species' also titled 'Recueil de Fleurs' on the binding

The publication contains 144 colour plates of flowers with some including insects and is dedicated to the princesses Louise and Marie d'Orléans

Watercolour on rice paper of plant identified as Lablab purpureus from one of four bound albums of paintings by anonymous Chinese artists purchased by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1912

Watercolour on paper of Borage officionalis (Common Borage)

hand-finished stipple engraving entitled Anémone étoilée : Anemone stellata

Watercolour on rice paper of plant identified as Benincasa hispida (Chinese winter melon) from one of four bound albums of paintings by anonymous Chinese artists purchased by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1912

Colour plate of an orchid plant taken from James Bateman's book 'The Orchidaceae of Mexico & Guatemala'

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Plate from Josiah Conder's book 'The flowers of Japan and the art of floral arrangement' depicting people in traditional dress viewing maple trees in a garden setting

geologist and respected correspondent of Linnaeus