Pla Nts Collection (page 7)

English Bluebells
A close-up photograph of English bluebells. Date: 1950s

Wild Fennel
A study of fennel, a wild herb, also known as love-in- a-mist. Date: 1950s

Foxglove Flowers
A close-up photograph of foxglove flowers. Date: 1930s

Hyacinth Bulb
A hyacinth bulb cut in two, with a section clearly showing the leaves and flower inside the bulb. Date: 1960s

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

Water Lilies at Wanstead
Water lilies on the lake at Wanstead Park, Essex, England. Date: 1930s

Hampton Court Daffodils
Springtime in The Wilderness, Hampton Court, Middlesex, England. Date: 1960s

White Lilac
Wjite lilac (Syringa Vulgaris) flowers in May and is considered to be one of the most fragrant of all lilacs. Date: 1930s

Loddon Lily
The Loddon Lily (Leucojum Aestivum), takes its name from the River Loddon in Hampshire, England. It is also known as the Summer Snowflake or Giant Snowflake. Date: 1950s

HENBANE
Henbane (Hyoscyamus Niger), is wild, poisonous plant, often used for medicinal purposes. Date: 1930s

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

Thinning Water Lilies
Workmen thinning water lilies on the lake at Regents Park, central London. Date: 1950s

Plants / Orchid
A lovely species of orchid (Orchis Cymbidium), at the annual Royal Horticultural Show, Wisley Gardens, Surrey, England. Date: 1970

Potted Plants
Community pots - the tiny plants have been removed from flasks and are pricked off into pots. The compost is sphagnum moss and osmunda fibre - finer than normal. Date: 1955

Jungle Rhubarb
Jungle leaves are tremendous - this rhubarb leaf can reach a diameter of 10 feet. Date: 1930s

Plants / Forsythia
Forsythia, with its pretty yellow Springtime flowers in blossom. Date: 1960s

Gorse in Bloom
Gorse (or Broom) in bloom on the high ground above Teston village, Northamptonshire, England. On the right, in the distance, is Creston Hospital, in lovely rural surroundings. Date: 1960s

Silhouette - Family riding on a wagon, led by two horses and containing (as well as themselves) a tray of pot plants, a birdcage, a chair, a table and a bucket. The artist is Karl Frohlich. 1856

Village on a hill near Gaza, with cacti, WW1
A native village on a hill near Gaza during the First World War. Cacti are growing in the foreground. Date: circa 1917

Lubaantun archaeology - rapid tropical growth
The dramatic effects of rapid vegetation growth on archaeological sites. The amphitheatre grand stands at the ancient Maya ruins of Lubaantun in British Honduras(today Belize)

Sir Douglas Haig with General Rawlinson, France
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig (1861-1928) with General Sir Henry Rawlinson (1864-1925) at 4th Army Headquarters, Querrieu, northern France, during the First World War. July 1916

Silhouette of Grace Moore
An intricate silhouette of the American film star, Grace Moore who made her d?t at Covent Garden in June 1935, as Mimi in Puccinis La Boh?. 1935

Harbalist at Work
A herbalist prepares her materials. Date: 1526

Colourful Garden
This woman knows how to create a colourful garden, as she wheels flowers in her wheelbarrow. Her patio is crammed with potted plants and hanging baskets galore. Date: 1960s

Funghi / Cordier 4 1876
AGARICUS PHALLOIDES (poisonous) Date: 1876

Flowers and People 1884
Two pages from a book about the symbolism of flowers, popular in Victorian times: a cornucopia full of flowers, and three little fairies dancing in a ring. Date: 1884

Dogs Playing in the Garden
Two puppies play in a garden. circa 1912

Grandville Mallow 1847
GUIMAUVE mallow (malva silvestris) Date: 1847

Grandville Violet 1847
VIOLETTE (erythronium) Date: 1847

Polygonum Fagopyrum
species of KNOTWEED French : renouee sarrazin, ou ble noir Date: 19th century

Plants / Lobelia
variants Peach Blossom and Distinction Date: 19th century

Grandville Nasturtium
CAPUCINE nasturtium (tropaeolum majus) Date: 1847

Trifolium Pratense
RED, OR BROAD, CLOVER Date: circa 1880

Grandville Fleurs Title
The title-page of LES FLEURS ANIMEES by Grandville (Jean-Jacques- Isidore Gerard, 1803-1847) published in the last year of his life Date: 1847

Grandville Camellia 1847
CAMELLIA Date: 1847

Woman / Riviera Rose 1926
A woman admires her Riviera Roses which grow on a Mediterranean terrace by the sea. Date: 1926

Plants / Prunus Persica
PEACH BLOSSOM Date: 1860

Grandville Hortensia
Hortensia (Hydrangea) and Crown Imperial Date: 1847

Plants / Ophrys Muscifera
related to the BEE ORCHID (ophrys apifera) but this one attracts flies Date: late 19th century

Passiflora Caerulea
Blue Passion Flower Date: 1786

Plants / Shamrock
A shamrock may be either - a - white clover (trifolium repens); or b - wood sorrel (oxalis aceto sellar); or c - lesser clover (trifolium minus) Date: 1926

Grandville Rose 1847
ROSE (rosa) Date: 1847

Retour Des Fleurs
RETOUR DES FLEURS The return of the flowers each Spring Date: 1847

Grandville Thistle 1847
CHARDON thistle (silybum) Date: 1847

Broom / Curtis
Spanish broom SPARTIUM JUNCEUM Date: 1789

Gossypium (Cotton)
COTTON PLANT showing flower, seed and the fibre covering the seed which is the basis of cotton products Date: 19th century

Grandville Sweet Pea
POIS DE SENTEUR sweet pea (lathyrus odoratus) Date: 1847

Plants / Ulex Europaeus
FURZE, or WHIN, or GORSE Date: early 20th century

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