1) Stove Plants ( Allamanda schottii, Stephanotis floribundia )
2) Vanda tricolor var; Vanda insignis Helveola, Vanda tricolor formosa, Miltonia spectabilis
3) Thrysacanthus Schomburgkianus, Dendrobium nobile
4) Phalaenopsis grandiflora, Correa cardinalis
5) Roses, Souvenir de la Malmaison (Bourbon), General Jacqueminot (Hybrid perpetual)
6) Pompons Chrysanthemums, La Gitana, Trophée; François I, Florette
7) Weigela rosea, Lapageria rosea (or Chilean bell-flower)
8) Lilies, Lilium lancifolium album and Lilium lancifolium roseum
9) Compholobium splendens, Hemiandra pungens, Grevillia elegans
10) Camellias, Augustina superba and Caryophylloides
Illustrations (after Augusta Innes Baker Withers) to Thompson's 'The Gardener's Assistant’. Published 1859 by Blackie & Son.
Hand-coloured etchings.
Images and text information courtesy British Museum.
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meyenia erecta, correa cardinalis - high resolution image from old book.
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correa cardinalis - high resolution image from old book.
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