Botanical Art Collection (page 4)

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

Gladiolus trichonemifolius, Ker. Gawl. ( Trichonema-Leaved Cornf
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 1483, 1st August 1812. Watercolour and pencil on paper

Septas globiflora ( Globe-Flowered Septas )
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 1472, 1st June 1812. Watercolour and pencil on paper. Raised from seed by Knight at the Exotic Nursery, Chelsea

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

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

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

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

Kniphofia rooperi, Moore
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 6116, 1st August 1874. Watercolour and pencil on paper. The species is a native of British Kaffraria in South Africa

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

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

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

Megaclinium purpuratum Lindl
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 5936 1st November 1871. Watercolour and pencil on paper. The specimen here figured flowered in the garden of T.B

Ophrys speculum, 1870
Watercolour and pencil on paper by Walter Hood Fitch, 1870. Artwork from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, volume 96, plate 5844

Coffea arabica, 1789
Coffea arabica, commonly known as coffee by Icones Plantarum Medicinalium by Joseph Jacob Plenck, 1789, volume 2, 1789, plate 130

136. Pancratium caribaeum and a Passion Flower, Jamaica

705. Palmyra Palms in Flood-time
Illustration of Borassus flabellifer, commonly known as Palmyra palm by Marianne North from Marianne North Collection, Kew, 1870

10. The Baths of Cauquenas in the Cordilleras South of, Santiago
Columnar Cacti, Pitcairnia, Alstroemeria, Echinocactus, calandrinia, etc. in the foreground on the right. These plants are all represented life size in the paintings around

6. Seven Snowy Peaks seen from the Araucaria Forest, Chili
A view of the Cordilleras near Angole, with Burning Bush (Embothirium coccineum), an orange-coloured Ground Orchid (Chloraea sp.), the white-flowered Libertia ixioides, Spreng

Livistona chinensis, ca 18th century
Watercolour of Livistona chinensis, commonly known as Chinese fan or fountain palm, by unknown Asian artist, Company Art, Kew Collection, 18th century

476. Male and Female Trees of the Coco de Mer in Praslin
On the right the taller male trees, which some- times attain a height of 100 feet, but the female is always shorter. The feather-leaved palm in front may be Deckenia

251. Cocoanut Palms on the River Bank near Galle, Ceylon
For some information respecting this Palm the reader is referred to the descriptions of 156 and 229

Fallopia japonica - Japanese Knotweed
Tab.6503. - Fallopia japonica as Polygonum cuspidatum the original illustration is by Anne Barnard, watercolour on paper, 1880; The plate, 6503, was published in Curtiss Botanical Magazine

119. Foliage, flowers and fruit of the Nutmeg tree, and Humming
This Humming Bird (Mellisugaminima) is the smallest known. The genus Myristica is rather numerous in species, widely scattered in tropical regions, including America; but the present species

830. Vegetation on a stream at Chanleon, Chili
Lomaria procera, Spr. in front with Gunnera scabra, Ruiz. et Pay. and Fabiana imbricata, Ruiz. et Pay. on the right; Araucaria imbricata, Pavon, behind; on the left, yellow Bueddleia globosa, Lam

21. Parasites on Beech Trees, Chili
" Robble, " literally oak, is the name given to the common large-leaved Chilian " Beech" (Nothofagus obliqua, Mirb.)

4. Puzzle -Monkey Trees and Guanacos, Chili
Pehuen is the Chilian name of the familiar Araucaria imbricata, Pav. here represented in full development at home close under the Cordilleras of Chili, where there are no monkeys

561. A new Pitcher Plant from the limestone mountains of Sarawak
This, Nepenthes Northiana, Hook. f. has one of the largest pitchers of any known species. In consequence of seeing this painting, Messrs

Baobab near the bank of the Lue (Adansonia digitata)
Oil on canvas. Inscribed in paint on verso of canvas BAOBAB near the bank of the Lue, a tributary of the Zambesi River above Kabrabasi

Ficus religiosa Willd. (Peepul, pipal, pipul or bo-tree)
Watercolour on paper, no date (late 18th, early 19th century). Hand painted copy of an illustration commissioned by William Roxburgh (1751-1815)

405. A Medley of Flowers from Table Mountain, Cape of Good Hope
On the right, the scarlet Sutherlandia frutescens, R. Br. followed by the white balls of the minute flowers of a Brunia ? a blue and red Lobostermon(Boraginaceae)

671. Foliage of a Cinnamon and Atlas Moth
The pea-like flower is Clitoria Ternatea, Linn. Observe the Caterpillar and Chrysalis of the Moth (Attacus sp)

Foliage, Flowers, and Fruit of a Queensland Tree, and Black Cockatoo.-Macadamia ternifolia, F. Muell. belongs to the Proteaceae, and is closely allied to Helicia

624. Curious Plants from the Forest of Matang, Sarawak, Borneo
On the left, attached to a trunk, are the bladder-like leaves of Dischidia Collyris, Wall. (Asclepiadaceae); and the red ribbon-like bodies bearing numerous small flowers are the inflorescences of

602. A Bornean Crinum
This plant (Crinum Northianum, Baker), is common enough in Borneo, yet it was not previously known to botanists. Around the doorway, beginning on the left, are Cissus discolor, Blume, from Borneo

365. Strelitzia and Sugar Birds, South Africa
The genus Strelitzia, of which four or five species are known, is peculiar to South Africa, and its botanical affinity is with the Banana (Musa) and with the travellers tree of Madagascar (Ravenala)

818. Red Water Lily of Southern India
This is the Nymphaea Lotus, L. (N. rubra, Roxb.), and was painted at Cochin

368. Two Flowering Shrubs of: Natal and a Trogon
The brilliant red Schotia speciosa, Jacq. is related to the gorgeous Indian Amnherstia (see 594). The fragrant white Gardenia Thunbergia Linn. f

212. North American Carnivorous Plants
Painted from plants grown in this garden. Behind, on the left, is Darlingtonia californica, Torr. with Sarracenia purpurea, L.. in front of it; S. fiara, L

3. Burning Bush and Emu Wren of Chili
The Burning Bush (Embothriumn coccineum, Forst.) belongs to the same family as the South African genera Protea and Leucaden-dron and the Australian Banksia and Grevillea

12. Some Wild Flowers of Quilpue Chili
Beginning at the top on the right are the tufted leaves and hanging orange-red flowers of Lobelia salicifolia, Don, and intermingling with the foliage the graceful blue Conanthera bifolia

Corypha taliera, c 1795 - 1804
Illustration of Corypha taliera, by unknown Indian artist, 1795 - 1804. Hand painted copy of an illustration commissioned by William Roxburgh, Kew Collection, c. 1795 - 1804

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