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English: Rose bouquet frontispiece from a poetry anthology and floral dictionary
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Source | The Lady’s Book of Flowers and Poetry (https://archive.org/details/ladysbookflower00hoop/page/n7) |
Author | Unknown illustrator |
Category Archives: Botany & Gardening
Common Cinquefoil
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English: Engraving from The British Herbal, 1756
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Source | The British Herbal, 1756 (https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753000320108#page/1/mode/1up) |
Author | Boyce, engraver |
The Genius of Health recieving the Tributes of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, and delivering them, to the British Reader
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English: Colored allegorical engraving depicting “The Genius of Health recieving [sic] the Tributes of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, and delivering them, to the British Reader”
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Source | The British Herbal, 1756 (https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753000320108#page/n1/mode/1up) |
Author | S. Wale, illustrator; H. Roberts, engraver |
A Grove of Cocoanut Trees in Ceylon
From Frank Leslie’s Lady’s Magazine, 1876.
Pelargonium “Pink Queen”
From The Floral Magazine, 1871.
Aletris capensis [Veltheimia capensis], Waved-Leaved Aletris, or Bastard Aloe
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English: Colored engraving of Aletris capensis (Veltheimia capensis)
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Source | Botanical Review, 1789 (https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753003451231#page/1/mode/1up) |
Author | E. O. Donovan |
Tillandsia lindenii var. major
From The Floral Magazine, 1871.
Hyacinth “Garibaldi”
From The Floral Magazine, 1871.
Torenia auriculaefolia
From The Floral Magazine, 1871.
Primula verticillata var. simensis
From The Floral Magazine, 1871.