Purple Gallery

375. Flowers of St. Johns in Pondo Basket

Beginning on the right at the top, there is the dark blue Coleotrype natalensis, C. B. Clarke, a purplish red Balsam (Impatiens, sp. having a long slender spur), clusters of the small white flowers of the "White Pear" (Apodytes dimidiata, B

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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.), which are not really wild in California; above, in the pot, the large showy Mariposa Lily (Calo

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Mesembryanthemum inclaudens, 1814

Original illustration of Mesembryanthemum inclaudens, commonly known as never-closing fig marigold, from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, published as plate 1663, 1st August 1814. Watercolour and pencil on paper. Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
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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