Lathyrus odoratus Type:stretched canvasColour engraving of Lathyrus odoratus (sweet pea) by P. J Redout from 'Choix des plus belle fleurs' published in 1827. The publication contains 144 colour plates of flowers, some including insects and is dedicated to the princesses Louise and Marie d'Orlans.
River with swans and cygnets in spring
Taken from volume I of 'Regne Vegetal' which contains botanical drawings by at least four identified artists
A chromolithograph plate of Sugar or Edible Podded Pea varieties taken from the Album Benary
The Main Borders at RHS Garden Harlow Carr
This painting appears in one of ten volumes known as Hooker's Drawings of Fruit which were commissioned by the RHS to help reform the nomenclature of cultivated fruit
Lysimachia nemorum (yellow pimpernel)
published in Curtis's Botanical Magazine
In 1818 John Curtis became the principal artist and produced over 400 plates for the magazine which was founded by the unrelated William Curtis in 1787
Identified as Vanilla flore viridi et albo by the artist
Watercolour of Magnolia officinalis flowers and leaves by Caroline Maria Applebee
Watercolour on vellum illustration of Portlandia grandiflora by Margaret Meen dated 1789
Colour woodblock print of Iris Akashi- No- Ue from the catalogue of the Yokohama nursery of Seitaro Arai which specialised in Iris kaempferi