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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.

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

Dahlia: Cactus Dahlia Yuarezi.

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

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

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

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

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

Coelogyne Lowii: Boronia Tetragonia.

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

Lily: Lilium Speciosum.

Oxalis Elegans: Oncidium Rigbyana.

Chirita Mooniil, Gompholobium Venustum & Hirsutum

Orchid: Odontoglossum Vexillarium. The Flag-Like Miltoniopsis.

Golden Shot Wallflower: Erysimum Perofskianum.

Tulips elegans, retroflexa cornuta stenopetalaviridflora persica.

Camellia: Augustina superba and Caryophylloides. After Augusta Withers.

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

Mandevillea Swaveolens: Achimenes Kleeii.

Varieties: Variegated Simethus, Bluebells and Starch Grape.

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.

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

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

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

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

Ixia Hybrid: African cornflower in a bunch.

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

Caryphyllius pleno, 3 variations and Caryphyllius dimidia

Fine leaved Lupin. By Miss Drake.

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

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

With details of fruit and ten specimens of fruit flies.

Madame Henry Jacotot petunia and Salvia tricolor.

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

Mirabelia Meisense: Pink Mirabelia.After Walter Hood Fitch.

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

Didier’s Tulip: Tulip gesneriana.

Orchid: Odontoglossum Alexandrae (Crispum). Curled odontoglossum.

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

Orchid: Giant-flowered dendrobium. Dendrobium formosum.

Orchid: Phalaenopsis Violacea

Dalmatian Toadflax. By Miss Drake.

Roses: Celine Forestier, Monsieur Boncenne and La France.

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

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

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

Orchid: Odontoglossum Roseum.

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

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

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

Lysimachia Bulbifera: Bulb-Bearing Loosestrife.

Riverbank Lupin. By Miss Drake.

Rhododendron: J. Marshall Brooks.

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

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

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

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

Dahlias: Coccinea, Lutea, Paragon and Glabrata.

Tritonia: Squalida, Fenestra and Rosea.

Musk mallow. By Miss Drake.

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

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

Nepalese Lily: After Henry Moon.

Dianthus heddewigh: Red and white minstrels.

Purple and White Valerian.

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

Fern from Plaisance Bay and American Cypress branch.

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

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

Vriesa Fulgida: Hybrid variety.

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

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

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

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

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

Didier or Garden tulips: Tulipa gesneriana.

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

Griffinia: Hyacyntha, Intermedia and Phycella Herbertiana

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

Sphaerospora: Imbricata, Synnotia variegata and bicolor.