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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.

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

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

Trillium Erectum (Solanium) and Solidago (Grande de Consolide).

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

Abies Williamsonii.

Maple Branch with red flowers (Erable) and American Potato bean (Apios).

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

Madame Henry Jacotot petunia and Salvia tricolor.

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

Chirita Mooniil, Gompholobium Venustum & Hirsutum

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

Lysimachia Bulbifera: Bulb-Bearing Loosestrife.

Didier’s Tulip: Tulip gesneriana.

Pansies: Pelargoniums. 3 Varieties. The Pope, Alice, and Emperor William.

Sambak (Jasmine): With Semsem (Sesame) and Abelmosch (Hibiscus).

Mirabelia Meisense: Pink Mirabelia.After Walter Hood Fitch.

Tritonia: Squalida, Fenestra and Rosea.

Verbascum (Mullein): With detail of the flower and key in Latin. Title heightened in gold.

Musk mallow. By Miss Drake.

Roses: Celine Forestier, Monsieur Boncenne and La France.

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

Dalmatian Toadflax. By Miss Drake.

Rhododendron: J. Marshall Brooks.

Indigofera (Indigo): With detail of flower and key in Latin. Title heightened in gold.

Orchid: Debrobium nobile and Thyrsacanthus Schomburgkianus. After Augusta Withers.

Griffinia: Hyacyntha, Intermedia and Phycella Herbertiana

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

Vriesa Fulgida: Hybrid variety.

Petiveria (Pigeonberry): With detail of the flower and key in Latin. Title heightened in gold.

Pinus Ponderosa.

Palm Tree: Scarce. Royal Palmeto with text. From one of the earliest works on Barbados.

Tulips elegans, retroflexa cornuta stenopetalaviridflora persica.

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

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.

Mammoth Bamboo in a woodland.

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

Orchid: Phalaenopsis Violacea

Melanthium (Bunchflower): With detail of flower and key in Latin. Title heightened in gold.

Orchid: Giant-flowered dendrobium. Dendrobium formosum.

Pinus Contorta.

Fern from Plaisance Bay and American Cypress branch.

Lily: Lilium Speciosum.

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

Nepalese Lily: After Henry Moon.

Plantain Tree. Scarce. Plantain in blossom with fruit. From one of the earliest works on Barbados.

Sphaerospora: Imbricata, Synnotia variegata and bicolor.

Mandevillea Swaveolens: Achimenes Kleeii.

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

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

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

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

Tulips: Single Early Tulip. Yellow Prince with variegated foliage.

Caryphyllius pleno, 3 variations and Caryphyllius dimidia

Orchid: Vanda tricolor var., Vanda tricolor formosa, Vanda insignis Helveola and Mitonia spectabilis. After Augusta Withers.

Orchid: Cattleya eldorado. White oweni and pink lindeni varieties.

Lycium (Boxthorn): With detail of flower and key in Latin. Title heightened in gold.

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

Oxalis Elegans: Oncidium Rigbyana.

Sparaxis: Pendula, Stellarus, Bicolour, Grandiflora and Lineata.

Purple and White Valerian.

Lily: Kaffir Lily, Schizostylus Coccinea and Autumn Zephyr Lily, Zephyranthes Candida.

Orchid: Odontoglossum Vexillarium. The Flag-Like Miltoniopsis.

Juniperus Occidentalis.

Dahlia: Cactus Dahlia Yuarezi.

Mammoth Aloe in the Hills.

Ledum (Kalmia): Two flowering branches with detail of flower and key in Latin. Title heightened in gold.

Orchid: Odontoglossum Alexandrae (Crispum). Curled odontoglossum.

Orchid: Odontoglossum Roseum.

Sophora (Sun King): With detail of the flower and key in Latin. Title heightened in gold.

Riverbank Lupin. By Miss Drake.

Coelogyne Lowii: Boronia Tetragonia.

With details of fruit and ten specimens of fruit flies.

Ixia Hybrid: African cornflower in a bunch.

Dianthus heddewigh: Red and white minstrels.

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

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

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

Dahlias: Coccinea, Lutea, Paragon and Glabrata.

Varieties: Variegated Simethus, Bluebells and Starch Grape.

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

Banana Tree. Scarce. Banana with detail of blossom. From one of the earliest works on Barbados.

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

Golden Shot Wallflower: Erysimum Perofskianum.

Camellia: Augustina superba and Caryophylloides. After Augusta Withers.