Pla Nts Collection (page 4)

Papyrus Plants on the River Anapo
Papyrus plants growing along the banks of the River Anapo near Syracuse, Sicily, Italy Date: circa 1905

Curtis / Spring Crocus
Spring Crocus Crocus Vernus

Fulness of Joy Plate 4
A bunch of flowers including what appears to be marigold & a field poppy accompanies a biblical text: Cant. 1.7 Date: circa 1880

Garden and house, Paddockhurst, West Sussex
View of the garden and house at Paddockhurst, near Selsfield Common, West Sussex. The house dates from the 17th century, and is now used as a school

Walled garden, Great Maytham Hall, near Rolvenden, Kent
View of the walled garden at the back of Great Maytham Hall, a Grade II listed country house near Rolvenden, Kent. It was the inspiration for the childrens classic, The Secret Garden

Eleanor Malby, wife of Reginald Malby, photographer
Eleanor Malby (1886-1956), wife of Reginald Malby, official photographer to the Royal Horticultural Society, seen here as a young Edwardian woman with a baby

Rosa Betty Uprichard, a variety of large-flowered rose of the Rosaceae family with salmon pink flowers. Seen here in close-up are three partially opened flowers

Rosa Moyesii (Geranium Rose), a large shrub rose of the Rosaceae family. Seen here with bright red hips

Dryas Drummondii (Drummonds mountain-avens), a flowering perennial of the Rosaceae family, with yellow flowers. It is a wild plant, native to North America

Ward, Wandsworth & Clapham Union Infirmary, London
A ward in the Wandsworth & Clapham Union infirmary, St Johns Hill, south west London. The room is decorated with potted plants and pictures. The floor is bare apart from a strip of matting

Whitechapel Workhouse Infirmary, womens ward
An old womens ward in the Whitechapel Workhouse Infirmary on Charles Street (later Bakers Row, now Vallance Road), East London

Cornflower (Dwarf) Jubilee Gem, Centaurea Cyanus
Cornflower (Dwarf), Jubilee Gem, Centaurea Cyanus, an annual flowering plant of the Asteraceae family. The flowers are a dazzling blue

Umbilicus Chrysanthus (Cotyledon Chrysantha), also known as Venus Navel, Venusnabel and Nabelkraut, a perennial flowering plant of Crassulaceae (stonecrop) family

Gentiana Verna (Spring Gentian), a perennial plant of the Gentianaceae family. The flowers are a vivid blue

Cistus Purpureus (Orchid Rock Rose)

Echinopsis Multiplex, a succulent plant of the Cactaceae (cactus) family. The name derives from echinos, meaning hedgehog or sea urchin, and opsis, referring to the plants dense covering of spines

Sedum Turkestanicum (Sedum Ewersii) of the Crassulaceae family. Seen here in the frost, with seed pods visible

Godetia Grandiflora Sybil Sherwood
A close-up of the bright pink flowers of the Godetia (Farewell to Spring, Clarkia Amoena) Grandiflora Sybil Sherwood, a hardy annual of the Onagraceae family

Clematis Nelly Moser, a hardy climbing plant of the buttercup family Ranunculaceae (Languinosa Group), with flowers in two shades of pink

Dandelion / Jugend 1904
A stylized, Art Nouveau depiction of a flower - possibly a dandelion. Date: 1904

Plants / Plantago Major
Greater, or Rat-Tail Plantain

Language of Flowers Card
The red rose says I am burning for you ! but the roses thorny stem says No !

Advertisement for J Hurd, Florist, Chaddesden and Derby
Advertisement for J Hurd, Florist, Wholesale and Retail, Chaddesden and Derby. Nurseries at the Old Hall Gardens, Chaddesden, and at the Market Hall, Derby. Plants delivered and floral designs

Wardian case with ferns
A Wardian case containing ferns

Red Rose and Ferns
RED ROSE AND FERNS

Garlic Plant Incl. Bulb
Garlic, showing the purple flower and the bulb

Flowers of March & April: VIOLA (Violet); PRIMULA (Primrose); PRIMULA VERIS (Cowslip); GALIUM ODORATUM (Sweet Woodruff); (Bluebell) HYACINTHOIDES NON-SCRIPTA

Religion / Egypt / Hapy
The God of the annual Nile inundation : because there is both an Upper and a Lower Nile, he is often depicted in dual form, with aquatic plants on each of his heads

Plants / Vanda Batemanii
var GRANDIFLORA an ORCHID species

Plants / Primula Japonica
JAPANESE PRIMROSE

Plants / Mandevilla
Mandevilla Crassinoda or Dipladenia C

Plants / Viburnum Plicatum
var. tomentosum JAPANESE SNOWBALL BUSH

Plants / Glaucium Flavum
HORNED POPPY

Achillea Millefolium
COMMON YARROW

Mushroom Cluster 19C
A cluster of mushrooms: either Flammulina or Coprinus species

Olivier De Serres
OLIVIER DE SERRES French agronomist who created a medel farm at Pradel, introduced new plants from other countries, and pioneered new farming methods

Plants / Common Marigold
Common marigold

Passiflora -- Passion Flower -- brought from Peru/Brazil to Europe in 1699

Silhouette of fairies tending a plant
Two fairies look after a small plant, one holding the pot while the other waters it. c. 1919

Medical plants. Poppy (Papaver somniferum). Engraving

De Materia Medica. Sultan Ahmet III gives some medicinal plants to one of his disciples. Islamic art. Gouache; Miniature

London Mews Houses
One of the backwaters of Mayfair, bijoux dwellings in Pitts Head Mews, just off Curzon Street, west London. Date: 19th century

Girl Sniffing a Rose
A little girl smelling a rose. Date: early 1930s

Epidendrum Vanilla L. From: Afbeeldingen der artseny-gewassen met derzelver nederduitsche en latynache beschryvingen. Date: 1796

Nicotiana tabacum L.. From: Afbeeldingen der artseny-gewassen met derzelver nederduitsche en latynache beschryvingen. Date: 1796

Monarda fistulosa L.. From: Afbeeldingen der artseny-gewassen met derzelver nederduitsche en latynache beschryvingen. Date: 1796

Monarda didyma L.. From: Afbeeldingen der artseny-gewassen met derzelver nederduitsche en latynache beschryvingen. Date: 1796

Lonicera periclymenum L
Honeysuckle. From: Afbeeldingen der artseny-gewassen met derzelver nederduitsche en latynache beschryvingen. Date: 1796

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