Iris Collection (#10)

Iris sp. iris
Watercolour No. 38 from the Round Small Collection by Frank Harold Round, 1919. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Iris pumila, dwarf pogon iris
Watercolour No. 36 from the Round Small Collection by Frank Howard Round, c. 1920. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Iris reticulata, reticulated iris
Watercolour by Arthur Harry Church, 1908. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Iris pallida, bearded iris
Watercolour No. 22 from the Round Large Collection by Frank Howard Round, c. 1920. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Iris germanica, bearded iris

Iris germanica, flag iris
Flag iris (Iris germanica) from Icones Plantarum medicinalium (1788) by Joseph Jacob von Plenck

Iris orientalis, Turkish iris
Drawing by Richard Lancake [pl. 154]. Image used in The Chelsea Gardener Philip Miller (1990) by Hazel Le Rougetel

Iris cf. germanica, bearded iris
Illustration from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Gottfried Simula. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Iris sibirica, Siberian iris
Illustration from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Gottfried Simula. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Iris xiphium, Spanish iris
Illustration from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Gottfried Simula. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Iris ensata, Japanese iris
Watercolour by James Sowerby, c. 1800s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Iris xiphioides, English Iris
Drawing 173/10 by Arthur Harry Church (1865-1937), published in 1907. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Iris tectorum Maxim. wild iris
From The genus Iris (1913) by William Rickatson Dykes (1877-1925). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Gladiolus sp. corn flag
Plate 159 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)

Iris setosa, blue flag
Plate XXIII from The Genus Iris (1913) by William Rickatson Dykes (1877-1925). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Iris kaempferi, Japanese iris
Plate XIX from The Genus Iris (1913) by William Rickatson Dykes (1877-1925). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Iris pseudacorus, yellow iris
Yellow iris pods and seeds. Many seeds are produced in traingular pods and are dispersed by water

Iris maxima, iris
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

By the Stream. From Once Upon a Time no. 135 (11 September 1971)

Iris garden in Horikiri, Tokio. Photograph shows blossoming irises at the Horikiri iris garden in Tokyo. Watercolor drawings on the mount depict thatched-roof buildings in the upper right

Dressed for the Abbey
A selection of fashions worn at the wedding and a (pre-wedding evening reception) of Princess Margaret to Anthony Armstrong Jones on 6 May 1960. From left, the Hon

Jessie Bateman
JESSIE BATEMAN Popular actress, with Iris Hawkins - who I can t trace : she may be a child actress, or perhaps Jessies daughter ? Or both ? Date: 1877 - 1940

Wedding Day card (front)
A wedding day card: Congratulations and Best Wishes, decorated with purple irises. Date: 1950s

Iris Rhizome and Roots
Rhizome and roots of the German Iris (Iris Germanica). Date: 1950s

Iris Rhizomes
Rhizomes of the German Iris (Iris Germanica). Date: 1950s

Iris Flower
A close-up of an Iris flower. Date: 1960s

Wild Yellow Iris (Iris Pseudacorus), on the banks of a river in Essex, England. Date: 1950s

Iris Makes Rainbow
In pre-scientific days, rainbows were credited to Iris, the messenger of the gods : the rainbow was the bridge whereby she came down from the heavens

Iris Gracilipes (Crested Iris), a flower of the Iridaceae family, with mauve, yellow and white colouring, native to Japan

Lady Iris Mountbatten by the sea at Eden Roc
Iris Mountbatten, the daughter of the Marquess and Marchioness of Carisbrooke, sits by the sea at Eden Roc

Iris Reticulata, an early flowering hardy perennial of the Iridaceae family, seen here as a new shoot prior to flowering

Iris Pumila (Dwarf Iris), a natural hybrid iris of the Iridaceae family. Seen here growing in a rocky setting

Iris Orientalis (Spuria Beardless Iris), a flowering perennial of the Iridaceae family, with purple flowers (this species also has yellow or cream-coloured flowers)

Picking flowers in the 1930s
A woman in a chic outfit of beanie hat, shorts and belted coat picks flag irises in marshy countryside

Iris Iberica at Kew Gardens
Iris Iberica growing beside the water at Kew Gardens, West London

Plants / Iris
Plants/Iris

Iris flowers
A bunch of irises in bloom

The Glory of Spring
A woman in aesthetic dress picking iris in a classical garden setting

Almanack 1885
An attractive arrangment of blue iris herald in the New Year on the 1885 edition of the Illustrated Almanack

Woman & Bouquet / Woof
A close-up portrait of a young woman in a white broderie anglaise blouse holding a bunch of flowers

Art Nouveau Iris 1897
A decorative, Art Nouveau, floral design incorporating an Iris within a border

Two Parakeets
The SLENDER PARAKEET and the IRIS PARAKEET (or PARAQUET) Two members of the Palaeornithinae family

Iris flowers at Horikiri, Tokyo, Japan

Curtis / Spurious Iris
Spurious Iris Iris Spuria

Rainbow (Grandville)
Iris, the goddess of the rainbow, spreads her fan

Gardens / Iris Japan 1908
Two Japanese women in an iris garden

Plants / Iris Germanica
var. florentina FLOWER-DE-LUCE, FLEUR-DE-LYS or ORRIS

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