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This page represents only a small part of our collection of original Antique prints of Flowers, plants and trees. Please click on an image to see it in high-resolution, with details of the work itself.  For enquiries and purchases, please do contact us.

Caryphyllius pleno, 3 variations and Caryphyllius dimidia

Dahlia: Cactus Dahlia Yuarezi.

Chelone (Turtlehead plant): With detail of flower and key in Latin. Title heightened in gold.

Varieties: Variegated Simethus, Bluebells and Starch Grape.

Didier or Garden tulips: Tulipa gesneriana.

Roses: Celine Forestier, Monsieur Boncenne and La France.

Tulips: La Triomphe, Louis XVI, Duchess of Devonshire, General Washington, Earl Spencer, La Majestieuse and Gloria Mundi.

Madame Henry Jacotot petunia and Salvia tricolor.

Fern from Plaisance Bay and American Cypress branch.

Rhododendron: J. Marshall Brooks.

Dalmatian Toadflax. By Miss Drake.

Tiger flower: Tigridia pavonia with Rigidella flammea, Ferraira divaricata and uncinata.

Red Ranunculus, ranunculus asiaticus and White Thorn or Hawthorn, crataegus oxyacantha with Bluebells and a Brimstone Moth, phalena crataegate.

Didier’s Tulip: Tulip gesneriana.

Ranunculus, Black Thorn, Columbine, White bells and a Spotted red and white underwing Moth.

American Panax (Ginseng) and Soloman’s Seal (Polygonatume).

Coelogyne Lowii: Boronia Tetragonia.

Camellia: Augustina superba and Caryophylloides. After Augusta Withers.

Palm: Date Palm Phoenix dactylifera: Men harvesting the fruit. With text in French.

Chrysanthemums: La Gitana, Trophée, François and Fleurette. After Augusta Withers.

Palms (Attalea): Astrocaryum Chonta, Maximiliana princeps and Cocos botroyophora with Bolivians and thatched house.

Persian Iris, iris persica and Wild Arrach, astriplex hatata with a Sword grass Moth, phalaena lucae.

Dianthus heddewigh: Red and white minstrels.

Primrose: Round-headed mealy primrose. After Walter Hood Fitch.

Spatalanthus: Speciosus, Trichonema Speciosum, Roseum, Bulbocodium and Streptanthera elegans.

Palms (Attalea): Martinezia truncata, Euterpe andicola and Euterpe Haenkeana with Guaranins hunting with bow and arrow.

Nepalese Lily: After Henry Moon.

Queen Flower (Bird of Paradise): Set in a romanticized landscape. Native to South Africa, it was brought to the Royal Botanic Gardens in the 1780s.

Dahlias: Coccinea, Lutea, Paragon and Glabrata.

Bush Allamanda: Hothouse flowers, Allamanda Schottii and Stephanotis floribunda. After Augusta Withers.

Cotton plants: Two types, Jack-fruit and Li Chi.

Begonia Canada and Privet branch with purple berries (Troene).

Lily: Lilium Speciosum.

Chirita Mooniil, Gompholobium Venustum & Hirsutum

Unicorn or Bindweed Hawk Moth, sphynx tillae and the Guernsey Lily, amarylis sarniensi.

Rhoddeia: Capt. Champion’s Rhoddeia. After Walter Hood Fitch.

Griffinia: Hyacyntha, Intermedia and Phycella Herbertiana

Golden Shot Wallflower: Erysimum Perofskianum.

Sphaerospora: Imbricata, Synnotia variegata and bicolor.

Sweet Briar Rose, rosa englanteria and Wild Rose Moth, phalaena lacertenaria.

Ixia: Ochroleuca, Conica, Viridiflora, Monodelpha, Columellaris and Crispa.

Lily: Lilium lancifolium album and Lilium lancifolium roseum. After Augusta Withers.