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Agapanthus africanus, 1800

Hand-coloured lithograph on paper by Sydenham Edwards, 1800. Artwork from Artwork from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, volume 14, plate 500. Curtis's Botanical Magazine is the longest running botanical periodical featuring colour illustrations of plants and has been published continuously since 1787.

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Milla uniflora, 1834

Current accepted plant name is Ipheion uniflorum, commonly known as Tristagma uniflorum, spring starflower or springstar. Hand-coloured lithograph on paper by James MacNab, 1834. Artwork from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, volume 61, plate 3327. Curtis's Botanical Magazine is the longest running botanical periodical featuring colour illustrations of plants and has been published continuously since 1787.

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Gladiolus papilio, 1866

Artwork from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, volume 92, plate 5565. This is a Cape species and was received at Kew, in 1861, from D. Arnot of Colesberg. It has also been found by W. Wilson Saunder's collector, Cooper, from whom roots were communicated by Mr Saunders. Curtis's Botanical Magazine is the longest running botanical periodical featuring colour illustrations of plants and has been published continuously since 1787.

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