Images Dated 11th July 2023

Skegness, Lincolnshire: six children on donkeys, ready for a gallop on the sands Date: 1937

An autumn hedgerow festooned with Clematis vitalba, also known as Old man's beard and Traveller's Joy. Date: circa 1905

Tooth-like flowered zygopetalum, Zygopetalum maxillare
Tooth-like flowered zygopetalum orchid, Zygopetalum maxillare. Native to Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina, sent by F. Warre from Rio de Janeiro to nurseryman George Loddiges in Hackney

ROYAL STANDARD - with medieval decoration Date: 15th Century

Munro's globemallow, Sphaeralcea munroana
Munro's globemallow or desert-mallow, Sphaeralcea munroana. Found by Scottish botanist David Douglas in Columbia, North America, in 1836

Aniseed boronia, Boronia crenulata
Aniseed boronia or crenulate-leaved boronia, Boronia crenulata

Beardtongue, Penstemon gentianoides. Imported from Europe by nurseryman Young at Epsom in 1837. Gentian-like pentstemon, Pentstemon gentianoides

Victorian garden plans
Isometrical plan of a garden with trellised walks and dolphin fountains 1 and parallelogrammatic garden with circular plats 2

Harrison's cattleya orchid, Cattleya harrisoniana
Harrison's cattleya orchid, Cattleya harrisoniana. Named for orchid collector Mrs Arnold Harrison of Aigburth, Liverpool. Mrs Harrison's cattleya, Cattleya harrisoniae

Crepe ginger, Cheilocostus speciosus or Hellenia speciosa. Native to the East Indies (southeast Asia), and introduced via William Rollisson's Tooting nursery. Showy costus, Costus speciosus

Prairie beardtongue, Penstemon cobaea
Prairie beardtongue, foxglove penstemon, Penstemon cobaea. Native to North America, found by English botanist Thomas Nuttall in the prairies of the Red River

Indian thornapple or devil's trumpet, Datura metel
Indian thornapple or devil's trumpet, Datura metel. Raised by Wayman, gardener at Sir Henry Digby's gardens in Minterne Magnel, Dorset, from seeds imported from South America

Hop bitter-pea, Daviesia latifolia. Native to southeastern Australia, found in Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) by Robert Brown in 1805. Broad-leaved davisia, Davisia latifolia. Drawn by Mr

Pericallis tussilaginis. Listed as a hybrid of Cineraria tussilagofolia and Cineraria cruenta raised by James Tate, gardener to John Waterhouse of Well Head, Halifax

Sea lavender, Limonium arboreum. Native of the Canary Islands, found on Tenerife by English botanist Philip Barker-Webb. Drawn at Exeter Nursery. Arboreus statice, Statice arborea

Purple wreath, Petrea volubilis. Native to tropical America, imported by nurseryman George Loddiges. Stapelia-flowered petrea, Petrea stapelsiae

Golden wattle and prickly moses
Golden wattle or long-leaved acacia, Acacia longifolia, native to southeastern Australia, and prickly moses or pretty zigzag-spined acacia, Acacia pulchella, native to western Australia

Mexican lobelia, Lobelia laxiflora
Mexican lobelia, aretitos, acaxochitl or chilpanxochitl, Lobelia laxiflora subsp. laxiflora. Native to the Americas, sent from Georgia by Alexander Gordon to Lowe & Co nursery. Clapton

Kazeguruma, Clematis patens. Native of Japan, introduced by German botanist Philipp Franz Balthasar von Siebold. Violet clematis, Clematis caerulea

Monkeyflower hybrid, Mimulus -- harrisonianus auct. Hybrid of M. cardinalis and M. roseus raised at Low & Co.'s nursery, Clapton. Harrison's mimulus, Mimulus harrisonia

Pyrrosia lanceolata. Epiphytic fern native to China, introduced by the Botanic Garden of Liverpool. Narrow-leaved starry polypody, Polypodium pertusum, Acrostichum lanceolatum

Scarlet calamint, Clinopodium coccineum. Named by English botanist Thomas Nuttall from a dried specimen brought from Florida. Scarlet-flowered cunila, Cunila coccinea

Monkey paws vine, Marcgravia umbellata
Monkey paws vine or climbing marcgravia, Marcgravia umbellata. Native to the Caribbean, specimen sent from St. Vincent Island, West Indies, by the Rev. Lansdown Guilding

Stelis micrantha orchid. Native to Jamaica, described and figured by botanist Sir James Edward Smith. Small-flowered stetis, Stetis micrantha (sic)

Forest boer-bean, Schotia latifolia
Forest boer-bean or broad-leaved schotia, Schotia latifolia. Native to Africa, sent from South Africa by William John Burchell to Scottish botanist John Hope at Edinburgh Botanic Garden

Crimson cattleya orchid, Cattleya labiata
Crimson cattleya or ruby-lipped cattleya orchid, Cattleya labiata. Native to South America, sent from Brazil by English ornithologist William Swainson. Splendid-flowered catleya

Fragrant nutmeg, Myristica fragrans. Native to the Moluccas (Makuku) and the Banda islands, this specimen drawn by Rev. Lansdown Guilding on St. Vincent Island, West Indies

Fragrant nutmeg, Myristica fragrans. Native to the Moluccas (Makuku) and the Banda islands, this specimen drawn by Rev. Lansdown Guilding on St. Vincent Island, West Indies

Narrowleaf airplant, Tillandsia tenuifolia. Native to South America and the Caribbean, sent from Trinidad by German botanist Eduard Freiherr von Schack, Baron de Schack

Arracacha, Arracacia xanthorrhiza, popular root vegetable that originates in the Andes. Introduced by Mr. Vargas from Santa Fe de Bogota, New Granada (Bogota, Colombia). Conium arracacha

Large-fruited catasetum orchid, Catasetum macrocarpum
Large-fruited catasetum orchid, monkey goblet or monk's head orchid, Catasetum macrocarpum. Baron de Schack's many-flowered catasetum, Catasetum floribundum

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