Gardenia Collection

Gardenia taitensis, Tahitian gardenia
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Gardenia florida

Stemmed plants including coffee, blueberry, papaya, argan, achras, desert date, styrax, olive, rhododendron, kalmia, gardenia, etc

Thorny gardenia, Hyperacanthus amoenus (Gardenia amoena). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Gardenia, Gardenia jasminoides (Mr. Fortunes gardenia, Gardenia florida var. fortuniana). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards

Photographs of models in spring hats. Captioned, Veils and Flowers trim our spring hats'. With descriptions, A Marcelle Lely model from Debenhams is shown above carried out in a beige Rodier

Cape jasmine, Gardenia jasminoides (Fortunes gardenia, Gardenia florida var. fortuniana). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G

Bouvardia, burchellia and jasmine species
Three-leaved bouvardia, Bouvardia triphylla, trumpet-flowered bouvardia, Bouvardia versicolor, Cape burchellia, Burchellia capensis, and dwarf Cape jasmine, Gardenia radicans

Cape jessamine or cape jasmine, Gardenia angustifolia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke after an illustration by George Loddiges from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney

Bell gardenia, Rothmannia capensis (Gardenia rothmannii). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1825

African gardenia, Mitriostigma axillare (Gardenia citriodora). Natal. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Angels trumpets, Euclinia longiflora (Duke of Devonshires gardenia, Gardenia devoniana). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards

Evening Dress / Men C. 1900
Cigar smoking gentleman in a black tail-coat & trousers, white waistcoat, bowtie & gloves, top hat & leather pumps. A large gardenia graces his buttonhole

Gardenia Street - Tall many windowed building, low arch looking through to other building. Part of Box 318 Boswell Collection - Dickens. Date: circa 1900

Gardenia sp
Drawing number 153 from Flora Nov-Eboraensis (1724-1766) by Jane Colden. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Gardenia rothmannia, candlewood
Illustration from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Gardenia sp. gardenia
Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum by William King, c. 1750. Original artwork held at the Natural History Museum, London

Evening Dresses 1930
Two elegant sleeveless gowns with gored skirts. One uses panels to give a geometric effect the other has a shoulder strap ornamented with artificial flowers

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