Friday, February 13, 2009

Collectanea Botanica

Primula Sinensis



Theophrasta jussiaei



Ornithogalum fibriatum (detail)



Metrosideros vera



Vanda teretifolia



Gusmannia tricolor



Bromelia fastuosa



Astrapea wallichii



Oxanthus speciosus



Amaryllis solandraflora



Amaryllis vittata major



Pilea muscosa (detail)



Triumfetta rhomboidea



Papaver bracteatum



'Collectanea Botanica, or, Figures and Botanical Illustrations of Rare and Curious Exotic Plants Chiefly Cultivated in the Gardens of Great Britain' (a series of monographs by John Lindley issued between 1821 and 1826) is online at the Biodiversity Library.

The images were extracted from the pdf. Larger versions are viewable at the source site above.

John Lindley: digitised publications / Wikipedia / orchid site. [previously]

Update: commenter e-c links to his cache of scans from the 1905 book, 'Pictures from the Scandinavian Flora'. Worth seeing. And Part II, even better.

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