19th Century Collection (page 12)

Aloe depressa, Haw. (Short-leaved perfoliate Aloe)
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 1332, 1st November 1810. Watercolour and pencil on paper. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, blooms in the summer

Aloe rhodacantha, DC. (Red-spined Glaucous Aloe)
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 1278, 1st April, 1810. Watercolour and pencil on paper. A native of the Cape of Good Hope

Dissotis irvingiana, Hook. f
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 5149, 1st November 1859. Watercolour and pencil on paper. Native of Western Tropical Africa. W.J

Bryophyllum proliferum, Bowie ex Hook
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 5147, 1st November 1859. Watercolour and pencil on paper. From the Cape of Good Hope

Gamolepis euriopoides, DC
Published illustration, plate 6249 from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, 1876. Hand-coloured lithograph. This species was raised at Kew from seed sent by Mr Tuck of the Grahamstown botanic garden in 1868

Eranthemum hypocrateriforme, Br. ex Roem. & Sch
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 6181, 1st August 1875. Watercolour and pencil on paper. This species is a native of tropical western Africa

Dracaena smithii, Baker ex Hook. f
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 6169, 1st. June 1875. Watercolour and pencil on paper

Mesembryanthemum truncatellum, Haw
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 6077, 1st January 1874. Watercolour and pencil on paper. From a plant sent to Kew which flowered in October 1873

Aloe (Apicra) deltoidea, Hook. f
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 6071, 1st December 1873. Watercolour and pencil on paper. Cultivated at Kew but there is no record of its introduction

Linaria sagittata Hook. f
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 6060, 1st October 1873. Watercolour and pencil on paper

Mesembryanthemum introrsum, Haworth
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 6057, 1st September 1873. Watercolour and pencil on paper. This species is a native of South Africa

Crassula profusa, Hook. f
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 6044, 1st July 1873. Watercolour and pencil on paper. Drawn from seeds received and cultivated at Kew in 1871

Primula verticillata, Forsk. var. simensis Hochst
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 6042, 1st July 1873. Watercolour and pencil on paper. Native of Ethiopia

Aeranthus arachnites, 1873
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 6034, 1st May 1873. The medium used is watercolour and pencil on paper

Zamioculcas boivinii, Dcne
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 6026, 1st April 1873. Watercolour and pencil on paper

Crocus salzmanni, Gay
Watercolour and pencil on paper. Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 6000, 1st November 1872. J.D. Hooker brought bulbs of this species from Tangiers in 1870

Pelargonium oblongatum, E. Meyer
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 5996, 1st October 1872. Watercolour and pencil on paper

Zamioculcas loddigesii Schott
Watercolour and pencil on paper. Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 5985, 1st August 1872

Orchis foliosa, 1838
Watercolour on paper. Original drawing for plate XLIV in John Lindleys Sertum orchidaceum: a wreath of the most beautiful orchidaceous flowers; selected by John Lindley, published in 1838

Nicotiana tabacum (Tobacco), 1847
Illustration of Nicotiana tabacum, commonly known as tobacco. Illustration by J.J Grandville from Les Fleurs Animees, (The Flowers Personified), publ. Paris, 1847, volume 1, page 60-61

House of Walter Haydon, curator of the botanic station at Kotu in Gambia
House of Walter Haydon, appointed curator of the botanic station at Kotu in Gambia in 1894. The house was built for him on site so that he could always command a view of all the ground under

Preparing cinnamon, Sri Lanka, 1880 s. The cinnamon is contained in the inner bark of the tree. Once the shoots have been harvested the outer bark is peeled off by rubbing with a brass rod or blunt

Lobelia unidentata
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 1484, 1st August 1812. Watercolour and pencil on paper....drawing taken from one communicated by Mr

Aloe spiralis L
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 1455, 1812. Watercolour and pencil on paper. Native of Africa; cultivated by Sherrard, at Eltham, and by Miller

Anthericum pugioniforme Jacq. (Round-rooted Anthericum)
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 1454, 1st April 1812. Watercolour and pencil on paper. Introduced from the Cape of Good Hope by Mr. Masson in 1793

Dietes huttonii
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 6174, 1st July 1875. Watercolour and pencil on paper. Plant collected fom the eastern province of the Cape of good Hope

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