Pink Collection (page 5)

Dactylorhiza in the slips at Wakehurst Place

Cosmos bipinnatus
Cosmos blooming in Kews Colour Spectrum display

Arum bulbiferum, Roxb
Watercolour on paper, no date (late 18th, early 19th century). Hand painted copy of an illustration commissioned by William Roxburgh (1751-1816)

Arum campanulatum, Roxb
Watercolour on paper, no date (late 18th, early 19th century). Hand painted copy of an illustration commissioned by William Roxburgh (1751-1815)

Arum margaritifer, Roxb
Watercolour on paper, no date (late 18th, early 19th century). Hand painted copy of an illustration commissioned by William Roxburgh (1751-1815)

Dracaena atropurpurea, Roxb. (D. elliptica)
Watercolour on paper, no date (late 18th, early 19th century). Hand painted copy of an illustration commissioned by William Roxburgh (1751-1815)

Lettsomia setosa Roxb
Watercolour on paper. Hand painted copy of an illustration commissioned by William Roxburgh (1751-1815)

Rosa chinensis
Watercolour on paper. Hand painted copy of an illustration commissioned by William Roxburgh. In his Flora Indica, Roxburgh reports that this species is a native of China

Indigofera violacea, R
Watercolour on paper, no date (late 18th, early 19th century). Hand painted copy of an illustration commissioned by William Roxburgh (1751-1815)

Abrus precatorius, Willd
Watercolour on paper. Hand painted copy of an illustration commissioned by William Roxburgh (1751-1815). In his Flora Indica

Bombax Malabaricum, no 1403
Illustration of Bombax ceiba from the Roxburgh Collection

Erica fastigiata, L. (Walkers Heath)
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, plate 2084, 2nd August 1819. Watercolour and pencil on paper. This species is a native of the Cape of Good Hope and, according to J

Pharnaceum incanum, L. ( Hoary Pharnaceum )
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 1883, 1st February 1817. Watercolour and pencil on paper

Erica togata ( Large-Cupped Heath )
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine published as plate 1626, 1st May 1814. Watercolour and pencil on paper. This species is a native of the Cape of Good Hope

Watsonia marginata var. minor, 1813
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 1530, 1st February 1813. Watercolour and pencil on paper

Galaxia ovata Thunb. (Œ. ) purpurea Ker Gawl. ( Purple-flowered
riginal illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 1516, 1st December 1812. Watercolour and pencil on paper

Scilla brevifolia ( Rootsheathed Cape Squill )
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, plate 1468, 1st June 1812. Watercolour and pencil on paper. Discovered on 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

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

Echinocereus pamanesiorum. Cactus. Family: Cactaceae

Cyclamen at Wakehurst Place, Sussex

Azaleas, Wisteria and Rhododendrons in the Slips at Wakehurst Place. This area was set out by Gerald Loder as a collection of mixed specimen trees and shrubs

Rhododendron and Azaleas in the Slips at Wakehurst Place

Wakehurst Place
Wakehurst Mansion, flower border

Glomera montana Rchb. f
Glomera montana Rchb.f. Orchid. Orchidaceae. Distribution: New Guinea to SW. Pacific. Epiphytic cham

Prescottia stachyodes orchid. Orchidaceae

Polystachya bicolor orchid. Orchidaceae

Pink tulips

592. Two Climbing Shrubs, painted at Singapore
Quisqualis indica, L. with red and white flowers, and Thunbergia erecta, T. Anders

436. Flowers of the Sandy Flats, near Cape Town
A root-parasite, Hyobanche sanguinea, Linn. at the bottom, on the right, with white Freesia Leichtlinii, Klatt, dark purple and yellow, Sparaxis tricolor, Ker

416. An Old Friend and its Associates in South Africa
The old friend is Pelargonium peltatum, Alt. one of the parents of the many beautiful varieties of ivy-leaved Pelargoniums now in cultivation, associated with the yellow Lissochilus speciosus, R. Br

404. Root Parasites and Blue Blepharis, Port Elizabeth
As may be seen, these brilliantly coloured plants have no green leaves; and they have no need of them, because they draw their nourishment from the roots of other plants upon which they fasten as

402. Cape Colours
The white-flowered " Ink Plant" (Cycnium tubatum, Harvey) in front, with the rosy Hibiscus pedunculatus, Thunb. blue Plectranthus

396. A Selection of Flowers from Table Mountain, Cape of Good Ho
A stout fleshy ground-orchid (Satyrium carneum, R. Br.) with pink flowers; a Tree Daisy (Osmitopsis asteriscoides, Cass.), a blue Pseralea, with three species of Heath (Erica) on the left

362. White and Yellow Everlastings (with varieties of Mantis to
On the right the yellow-flowered Senecio mcacroglossus, DC. a climber with ivy-like leaves; the clustered wholly yellow Helichirysum appendiculatum, Less

358. Ordeal Plant or Tanghin and Parokeets of Madagasear
Gerbera Tanghin, Hook, , yields a poisonous juice which was formerly much employed in Madagascar to detect and punish crime

216. Wild Flowers of Mussooree, India
Although wild the cactus (Echinopsis oxygona, Zuec.) and the little yellow Calceolaria are not indigenous in India. The Primulas are indigenous

203. Group of Californian Wild Flowers
Beginning in front, on the left is a yellow Columbine (Aquilegia chrysantha, A. Gr.), and behind it the dark blue Spiderwort (Tradescantia virginica, L.)

180. Group of Flowers, Wild and Cultivated, in Jamaica
The large white flower (Portlandia grandiflora, L.) in the centre and the lovely blue Morning Glory (Ipomoea rubro-coerulea, Hook.), are two of the most beautiful of all climbing plants

125. Selection of cultivated Flowers, painted in Jamaica
In the vase, associated with the crimson flowers of one of the Coral trees (Erythrina sp.), is a panicle of the sweet-scented lilac and white flowers of Melia Azedarach, L

96. Orchid and Humming Birds, Brazil
One of the numerous forms of the genus Cattleya-C. bicolor, Lindl. and a species of Chlorostilbon

81. Brazilian Flowers
Begonia maculata, Raddi (syn. B.argyrostigma, Fisch.), the blue-berried Coccocypselum discolor, Hort. and Blue Bird (Coereba cyanea)

Cotinus coggygria
smoke bush

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