Petal Collection (page 3)

Apocynum

Phalaenopsis luteola, yellowish phalaenopsis. Taken from Burbidges sketch book

Tulipa sp. tulip
Watercolour 300 from the Saharunpore Gardens Collection, 1845

Amaryllis sp. amarylis
Page 53 from Drawings, Letters and Manuscripts of N. J. Jacquin (c. 1790) by Baron Nicolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727-1817). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Pixie Pip

Princess Petal and the Green Page. From Playhour (1958)

Five petal red-on-white blossoms on stem above two three-leaf whorls. Date 187-

Clematis Indivisa Willd. or Clematis Paniculata
Clematis Indivisa Willd. also known as Clematis Paniculata J. F. Gmel, or (in New Zealand) Puawhananga. 1888

Olearia Semidentata (Daisy Bush, Tree Aster), a flowering shrub. 1888

Hibiscus angulosus grandiflorus, yellow hibiscus flower, a climbing plant with yellow flowers. 1893

Senecio Perdicioides or Raukumara
Senecio Perdicioides, common name Raukumara, an aromatic flowering shrub. 1888

Dryas Octopetala (Mountain Avens, White Dryas)
Dryas Octopetala (Mountain Avens, White Dryas, White Dryad), an arctic-alpine flowering plant of the Rosaceae family, with creamy coloured petals. Seen here growing in a rocky setting

Pelargonium Sir Thomas Hanbury of the Geraniaceae family, with bright orange-red flowers. It is named after the English cloth merchant

Bulbocodium Vernum (Spring Meadow Saffron), a beautiful but poisonous plant of the Colchicaceae family. The flowers have long pink and white petals

Narcissus Cantabricus Monophyllus (Durieu) of the Amaryllidaceae family. It has one leaf per bulb, and a creamy white flower

Anemone Vernalis (Pulsatilla Vernalis), with the pink and white flowers partially open, and very hairy stems

Androsace Sarmentosa, of the Primulaceae family, also known as rock jasmine or fairy candelabra. They flourish in rock clefts in the full sun, and spread rapidly

An apron from garden Cornflowers
A young girl is lent a petal from a Cornflower to make an apron for her

Fashions for July 1864
Girl: white dress, magenta Swiss corselet with petal-like basques. Black trimmed purple dress with long pointed scallop edged basques. Fawn coloured mantle with tassels

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