Castilleja miniata Ernst Benary

Castilleja miniata Ernst BenaryWatercolour on paper by artist Lilian Snelling of Castellieja miniata stem and flowers with flower dissection detail. Painted at Colesborne, June 1916.

This is taken from Jekyll's sketchbook held in the Lindley Library which contains designs and sketches of gardening subjects and architectural features by the famous horticulturalist

A Chromolithograph plate of radish varieties taken from the Album Benary

Watercolour on paper of Lonicera periclymenum (honeysuckle

Watercolour of Cucumis melo (Cantaloupe Melon) by Pierre François Ledoulx

This is taken from one of ten volumes known as Hooker's Fruits which were commissioned by the RHS to help reform the nomenclature of cultivated fruit

Watercolour of Magnolia officinalis flowers and leaves by Caroline Maria Applebee

Polygala vulgaris (common milkwort)

Watercolour on rice paper of plant identified as Benincasa hispida (Chinese winter melon) from one of four bound albums of paintings by anonymous Chinese artists purchased by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1912

Watercolour of Meconopsis Delavayi plant in flower by Lilian Snelling

Founded in 1720 by Christoph Späth the nursery relocated in 1869 when Franz Ludwig Späth (1839 - 1913) became manager

Watercolour on paper of Bellis perennis (Common daisy)

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