Spring

Circular countryside scene

A watercolour painting by Malcolm Greensmith showing a typical English rural countryside setting of a half-timbered cottage set amid fields, surrounded by fauna in the shape of a passing Cuckoo, a Great Tit and a family of Rabbits, nestled amid the Bluebells.

© Mary Evans/Malcolm Greensmith

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Iris Reticulata and Crocus Chrysanthus

Two spring flowers growing alongside each other. The Iris Reticulata (left), an early flowering hardy perennial of the Iridaceae family, with purple flowers, and the Crocus Chrysanthus (Golden Crocus) (right), also of the Iridaceae family, with bright orange flowers.

© Mary Evans/Reginald A. Malby & Co. Collection

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Primula Juliae (Juliana Primrose)

Primula Juliae (Juliana Primrose), a flowering plant of the Primulaceae family, named after the person who discovered it in April 1900 in the Caucasus Mountains of south west Russia, Julia Mlokossjewicz. It has a bright purple flower with a yellow centre. Seen here growing in a rocky setting. The Latin name primula refers to flowers that are among the first to open in spring.

© Mary Evans/Reginald A. Malby & Co. Collection