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caanda geesecourtyard by the Princess of Wales Conservatory
Babiana sambucina (Elder-flower-scented Babian)Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 1019, 1st May 1807. Watercolour and pencil on paper. The plant was collected from the Cape of Good Hope
Lupinus The Govenor (Band of Nobles series). Family: Papilionaceae
Salvia officinalis (Common sage) in flower. Family: Lamiaceae
Ajuga reptans (bugle). Family: Lamiaceae
Epimedium brevicornum. Family: Berberidaceae
The Iris Dell, Wakehurst Place, Sussex. A raised wooden walkway guides visitors around this feature
Iris Dell with flowering azaleas, Wakehurst Place, Sussex. To the southeast of the Black Pond is a water body and waterfall surrounded by Japanese irises, maples and rhododendrons
Chionodoxa planting in front of the Orangery
Iris planifoliaIRIDACEAE, Iris planifolia, 19832447
Gentiana acaulisGENTIANACEAE, Gentiana acaulis, 19755281
Anemone, Rununculaceae
770. View from Collaroy, New South Wales, looking towards the Liverpool DownsThe plain is dotted with Gum trees and the river bordered with Casuarinas, with blue and crimson Parrots (Aprosmictus erythropterus) in the branches of the Peppermint (Eucalyptus piperita, Sm)
759. Wild Flowers of the Blue Mountains, Kew South WalesConspicuous in this selection is the star-like white inflorescence of Actinotus Helianthi, Labill. an umbelliferous plant simulating a Composita
755. West Australian Sand-loving PlantsThe soil in this district is so very sandy that, with the exception of a few big stones, the whole country might be run through an hour-glass
750. Wild Flowers of Albany, West AustraliaIn the foreground, among others, are : Anthocercis viscosa, R. Br. the.large white flower; Thysanotus sp. purple flowers with fringed petals; Leschenaultica biloba, Lindl
637. Plants of SarawakOn the left the bold, longitudinally-ribbed foliage of a Melastomacea with a vine in fruit, the name of which we have not determined;
627. Blue-flowered Climber and a common Swamp Plant of SarawakThe Burmese Thunbergia grandiflora, Roxb. and a species of Fagraea, belonging to the Loganiaceae
504. Group of Flowers, painted in TeneriffeThe cactus (Opuntia Dillenii, Haw.) lying in front of the vase is cultivated for its spines, which are used to fasten the bags of cochineal insects to another kind of cactus
452. Flowers of Tulbagh, South AfricaQuaking Grass (Briza maxima, Linn.), a crimson Babiana blue Lapeyrousia corymbosa, Ker, small yellow Rochea on the right, pale yellow Homeria collina, orange Ornithogalum
449. South African Flowers in a wooden Kaffir BowlAbove, on the right, white flowers and prickly fruit of Gomphocarpus fruticosus, -Ait. then the red flowers and fruits of " Anteliza" (Antholyza aethiopica, Linn.), and the fleshcoloured
446. Water-loving Plants and Kingfisher, near GrahamstownFloating in the water is Limnanthemum Thunbergii, Griseb.. a member of the same family as the Gentians; in front two varieties of the tufted Eucomis punctata, Alt. with the rosy Disa racemosa, Linn
443. South African Flowers, and Snake - headed Cater pillarsBehind Beqonia natalensis, Hook. and a small fern (Pellaea hastata, Link.) with a blue-flowered Disa on the right, probably D. venusta. Bolus, and Streptocarpus Rexii, Lindl. in front
441. Green-flowered Ixia, and other Cape SingularitiesThe blue-green Ixia viridiftora, Lam. is the most noteworthy in this selection of flowers, painted at Ceres. There is, or was
438. Wild Flowers of Ceres, South AfricaIn the centre the yellow " Tea Plant, " Rafnia amplexicaulis, Thunb. the leaves of which are commonly used either alone or with ordinary tea to make a beverage
433. The Blue Plumbago in contrast, Van Staadens KloofBlue of the particular shade of Plumbago capensis, Thunb. is exceedingly rare in the vegetable kingdom. The white-flowered orchid here is Angraecum arcuatum, Lindl
422. south African Sundews and other FlowersAbove, a plant of the elegant and beautiful Monsonia speciosa, Linn. (Geraniaeae) with Babiana rubro-coerulea, Reichb. ? on the right, and Homeria miniata, Sweet, on the left
418. The Glory of Table Mountain, Cape of Good HopeThis showy ground orchid (Dis grandiflora, Linn.) grows along the streams on the top of Table Mountain, and was formerly believed to be restricted to this region
409. Old Dutch Vase and South African FlowersThis painting done at Groot Post gives some idea of the astonishing wealth in variety exhibited by the bulbous plants of South Africa
388. Various species of Hibiscus, with Tecoma and Barleria, NataThe central plant with yellowish white flowers is Hibiscus cannabinus, Linn. with H. surattensis, Linn. above on the left, and H. calycinus, Willd. below it, and one small pale yellow flower of H
378. Amatungula in Flower and Fruit and Blue Ipomoea, South AfriPainted at the mouth of the Kowie River. Trees of the Amatungula (Carissca grandiftora) are shown in 363. The Ipomoea is I
375. Flowers of St. Johns in Pondo BasketBeginning on the right at the top, there is the dark blue Coleotrype natalensis, C. B. Clarke, a purplish red Balsam (Impatiens, sp)
371. Group of Natal FlowersIn the top right hand corner Loranthus natalensis, Meissn. then clusters of the blue Pycnostachys reticulata, Benth. and the white and pink Dombeya Burgessiae, Gerard, the " Zulu Cherry
357. Blue Lily and large Butterfly, NatalBehind are large tufts of the plant (Agapanthus umbellatus, L Herit.) as it grows in its native haunts. There is a variety with white flowers
355. Morning Glory, NatalThis is Ipomoea rubrocoerulea, Hook. a Mexican species now cultivated in many countries, and covering all the verandahs at Durban, at the time of the artists visit
274. Himalayan Flowers embedded in Maidenhair FernBlue Anemones (Anemone rivularis, Ham.), a purple Columbine (Aquilegia), two species of Arisaema-the taller one A. utile, Hook. the other A. speciosum, Mart. &c
273. Flowers of Darjeeling, IndiaHydrangea altissima, Wall. and yellow Thunbergia lutea, T. And. The large flowers in the circumference of the inflorescence of the Hydrangea are sterile
249. Wild Flowers of Mt. Tonglo, Sikkim, IndiaThe trailer with blue flowers is Crawfurdia speciosa, Wall. a Gentianaceous plant, and its.associate Impatiens falcifera, Hook. f
234. Foliage and Flowers of the Indian Rhododendron grandeA native of the Sikkim Himalaya, where it forms a tree thirty feet high or more, at elevations of 8000 to 9500 feet. It is in this region that the genus Rhodedendron reaches its greatest development
165. Cultivated and Wild Flowers, JamaicaLarge inflorescence of Spathodea campanulata, Beauv. a West African Bignoniacea, with flowers of Cordia spp. a Rubiacea, and of the blue Clitorica ternatea, L
139. A Brazilian Epiphyto or Air PlantThis most gorgeous plant (Billbergia zebrina, Lindl.) is a member of the Brormeliaceae, a family that includes the Pine Apple, and that was originally restricted to America
76. Group of Wild Meadow Flowers, of Brazil. Golden Banana and EAmong the flowers are a species of white Clusica (?), a Pleroma and Thunbergia alata, Boj. yellow with dark centre
74. The Iron Racks of Casa Branca, BrazilThey are 5000 feet above the level of the sea
67. Flannel Flower of Casa Branca and Butterflies, BrazilThe Flannel Flower (Macrosiphonia longiflora, Muell.) is so called on account of the plant being densely clothed with woolly hairs
55. Brazilian Wild FlowersVellozia verruculosa, Mart. (blue), Xyris sp. (yellow), a purple-flowered orchid (Bletia sp.), and a delicately-scented epiphyte (Clusia), to which the artist was attracted by its scent
52. Twining Plant and Butterfly of BrazilThis beautiful twining plant is a species of Dipladenia, allied to D. crassinoda, and the butterfly is Morpho achillaena
Strongylodon macrobotrysclaw shaped flowers of the jade vine
Salvia uliginosablue flowers of bog sage
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