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RMFJ87K5–Curtis's botanical magazine
RM2T62DAD–Brown widelip orchid, Liparis liliifolia (Ophrys lilifolia). Lily-leaved malaxis, Malaxis lilifolia. Native of North America, first raised in the garden of Peter Collinson. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by an unknown artist from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, edited by John Sims, London, 1818.
RMP55YJT–Dendrobium gracilicaule, pale yellow orchid native of eastern Australia. Hand-coloured botanical illustration drawn by Matilda Smith and lithographed by J.N. Fitch from Joseph Dalton Hooker's 'Curtis's Botanical Magazine,' 1889, L. Reeve & Co. A second-cousin and pupil of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, Matilda Smith (1854-1926) was the main artist for the Botanical Magazine from 1887 until 1920 and contributed 2,300 illustrations.
RM2T62CNW–Soapbush, clidemia or Koster's curse, Miconia crenata. Clidemia hirta. Native to Jamaica, sent by Barr and Brookes of Northampton Nursery, Islington. Large blue-fruited melastoma, Melastoma hirta. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by an unknown artist from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, edited by John Sims, London, 1818.
RMP55737–Chironia peduncularis, purple flower native to South Africa. Hand-coloured botanical illustration drawn by Matilda Smith and lithographed by J.N. Fitch from Joseph Dalton Hooker's 'Curtis's Botanical Magazine,' 1889, L. Reeve & Co. A second-cousin and pupil of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, Matilda Smith (1854-1926) was the main artist for the Botanical Magazine from 1887 until 1920 and contributed 2,300 illustrations.
RM2T62DFY–Sweet crabapple or garland crab, Malus coronaria. Native to North America, communicated by Quaker brewer John Walker of Arno's Grove. Sweet-scented crab-tree, Pyrus coronaria. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by an unknown artist from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, edited by John Sims, London, 1818.
RMP5579W–Streptocarpus parviflora, native of the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Hand-coloured botanical illustration drawn by Matilda Smith and lithographed by J.N. Fitch from Joseph Dalton Hooker's 'Curtis's Botanical Magazine,' 1889, L. Reeve & Co. A second-cousin and pupil of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, Matilda Smith (1854-1926) was the main artist for the Botanical Magazine from 1887 until 1920 and contributed 2,300 illustrations.
RM2T62CAY–Allegheny pachysandra, Allegheny spurge or trailing pachysandra, Pachysandra procumbens. Native of the Allegheny mountains, North America and Canada, introduced by John Fraser of the American Nursery, Sloane Square. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by an unknown artist from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, edited by John Sims, London, 1818.
RMP55XDP–Angraecum germinyanum, white orchid native of Madagascar. Named after Count Adrien de Germiny, France. Hand-coloured botanical illustration drawn by Matilda Smith and lithographed by E. Bates from Joseph Dalton Hooker's 'Curtis's Botanical Magazine,' 1889, L. Reeve & Co. A second-cousin and pupil of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, Matilda Smith (1854-1926) was the main artist for the Botanical Magazine from 1887 until 1920 and contributed 2,300 illustrations.
RM2T67PJC–Boldo brasileiro, boldo gaucho or doliprane, Coleus barbatus. Native to Arabia Felix (Yemen) and Abyssinia (Ethiopia), introduced by Arthur Annesley, Viscount Valentia. Forskohl's plectranthus, Plectranthus forskohlaei. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by an unknown artist from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, edited by John Sims, London, 1819.
RMP55RA1–Primula pusilla and Primula petiolaris var. nana, primroses from the Himalayas. Hand-coloured botanical illustration drawn by Matilda Smith and lithographed by John Nugent Fitch from Joseph Dalton Hooker's 'Curtis's Botanical Magazine,' 1889, L. Reeve & Co. A second-cousin and pupil of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, Matilda Smith (1854-1926) was the main artist for the Botanical Magazine from 1887 until 1920 and contributed 2,300 illustrations.
RM2T62DBB–Tree hovea or karri blue bush, Hovea elliptica. Native to Western Australia, brought to Europe by French naturalist Captain Nicolas Baudin. Broad-leaved hovea, Hovea celsi. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by an unknown artist from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, edited by John Sims, London, 1818.
RMP55P29–Anoiganthus breviflorus, yellow lily native to the Cape and Natal, South Africa. Hand-coloured botanical illustration drawn by Matilda Smith and lithographed by J.N. Fitch from Joseph Dalton Hooker's 'Curtis's Botanical Magazine,' 1889, L. Reeve & Co. A second-cousin and pupil of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, Matilda Smith (1854-1926) was the main artist for the Botanical Magazine from 1887 until 1920 and contributed 2,300 illustrations.
RM2T67PAN–Siberian columbine meadow-rue, Thalictrum aquilegiifolium. Raised by English lawyer and botanist Joseph Sabine at his garden in South Mimms. Purple flowering meadow-rue, Thalictrum aquilegifolium formosum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by an unknown artist from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, edited by John Sims, London, 1819.
RMP558BM–Grevillea aspleniifolia, pink evergreen plant native to New South Wales, Australia. Hand-coloured botanical illustration drawn by Matilda Smith and lithographed by J.N. Fitch from Joseph Dalton Hooker's 'Curtis's Botanical Magazine,' 1889, L. Reeve & Co. A second-cousin and pupil of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, Matilda Smith (1854-1926) was the main artist for the Botanical Magazine from 1887 until 1920 and contributed 2,300 illustrations.
RM2T67R12–Hong Kong gordonia, Taiwan gordonia, fried egg plant, Gordonia axillaris or Polyspora axillaris. Native to China, raised at Whitley, Brames and Milne nursery. Axillary-flowered camellia, Camellia axillaris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by an unknown artist from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, edited by John Sims, London, 1819.
RMP5E0BE–Stapelia gigantea, giant carrion flower from Zululand and Namaqua Land, South Africa. Hand-coloured botanical illustration drawn by Matilda Smith and lithographed by J.N. Fitch from Joseph Dalton Hooker's 'Curtis's Botanical Magazine,' 1889, L. Reeve & Co. A second-cousin and pupil of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, Matilda Smith (1854-1926) was the main artist for the Botanical Magazine from 1887 until 1920 and contributed 2,300 illustrations.
RM2T67PRK–Giant granadilla, barbadine, grenadine, giant tumbo or badea, Native to the West Indies, communicated from the herbarium collection of James Vere, Kensington Gore. Square-stalked passion-flower, Passiflora quadrangularis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by an unknown artist from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, edited by John Sims, London, 1819.
RMP55R5C–Disa lacera var. multifida, blue orchid native to Cape Town, South Africa. Hand-coloured botanical illustration drawn by Matilda Smith and lithographed by E. Bates from Joseph Dalton Hooker's 'Curtis's Botanical Magazine,' 1889, L. Reeve & Co. A second-cousin and pupil of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, Matilda Smith (1854-1926) was the main artist for the Botanical Magazine from 1887 until 1920 and contributed 2,300 illustrations.
RM2T62D3X–Blood lily, ball lily, fireball lily or blood flower, Scadoxus multiflorus. Raised at Scottish nurserymen James Lee and Lewis Kennedy's nursery. Sierra Leone blood-flower, Haemanthus multiflorus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by an unknown artist from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, edited by John Sims, London, 1818.
RMP5DYX6–Strelitzia nicolai, blue bird-of-paradise flower, native of South Africa. Hand-coloured botanical illustration drawn by Matilda Smith and lithographed by J.N. Fitch from Joseph Dalton Hooker's 'Curtis's Botanical Magazine,' 1889, L. Reeve & Co. A second-cousin and pupil of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, Matilda Smith (1854-1926) was the main artist for the Botanical Magazine from 1887 until 1920 and contributed 2,300 illustrations.
RM2T62DGC–Boneset, agueweed, feverwort or sweating-plant, Eupatorium perfoliatum. Native American traditional medicinal plant, communicated by botanist Alymer Bourke Lambert from his collection at Boyton. Sage-leaved eupatorium, Eupatorium salviaefolium. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by an unknown artist from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, edited by John Sims, London, 1818.
RMP54HBX–Opuntia rafinesquii, cactus with large yellow flowers, native of the United States of America. Hand-coloured botanical illustration drawn by Matilda Smith and lithographed by J.N. Fitch from Joseph Dalton Hooker's 'Curtis's Botanical Magazine,' 1889, L. Reeve & Co. A second-cousin and pupil of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, Matilda Smith (1854-1926) was the main artist for the Botanical Magazine from 1887 until 1920 and contributed 2,300 illustrations.
RM2T62DGX–Cherimoya, chirimoya or chirimuya, Annona cherimola. Native to Central and South America, raised at the Bayswater hothouse of Mrs Elizabeth Wright, Comtesse de Vandes. Broad-leaved custard-apple, Annona tripetala. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by an unknown artist from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, edited by John Sims, London, 1818.
RMPPJ051–White bellflower Campanula vidalii. Drawn and zincographed by C. T. Rosenberg, for Thomas Moore's 'The Garden Companion and Florists' Guide,' 1852, published by Charles Frederick Cheffins.. . C.T. Rosenberg drew and engraved many botanicals for Moore's 'The Gardener's Magazine of Botany' and W.J. Hooker's 'Curtis's Botanical Magazine' in the middle of the 19th century. Moore (1821-1887) was the curator of the Botanic Garden, Chelsea, from 1847 until his death.
RM2T62CK9–Chios mastictree, Lentisk tree, common mastick tree, or tears of Chios, male plant, Pistacia lentiscus. Native of southern Europe and the Levant, sent by Whitley, Brame and Milne of Fulham Nursery. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by an unknown artist from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, edited by John Sims, London, 1818.
RMPPHYXF–Begonia prestoniensis with crimson flowers. Drawn and zincographed by C. T. Rosenberg, for Thomas Moore's 'The Garden Companion and Florists' Guide,' 1852, published by Charles Frederick Cheffins.. . C.T. Rosenberg drew and engraved many botanicals for Moore's 'The Gardener's Magazine of Botany' and W.J. Hooker's 'Curtis's Botanical Magazine' in the middle of the 19th century. Moore (1821-1887) was the curator of the Botanic Garden, Chelsea, from 1847 until his death.
RM2T62D1W–Corkystem passionflower or Meloncillo, Passiflora suberosa subsp. suberosa. Native of the West Indies, raised at the Bayswater hothouse of Mrs Elizabeth Wright, Comtesse de Vandes. Narrow-leaved passion-flower, Passiflora angustifolia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by an unknown artist from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, edited by John Sims, London, 1818.
RMPPJ12C–Aneimia cicutaria fern showing leaves and roots. Drawn and zincographed by C. T. Rosenberg, for Thomas Moore's 'The Garden Companion and Florists' Guide,' 1852, published by Charles Frederick Cheffins.. . C.T. Rosenberg drew and engraved many botanicals for Moore's 'The Gardener's Magazine of Botany' and W.J. Hooker's 'Curtis's Botanical Magazine' in the middle of the 19th century. Moore (1821-1887) was the curator of the Botanic Garden, Chelsea, from 1847 until his death.
RM2T67PB0–Cyclopogon elatus orchid. Native to Jamaica and Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), introduced by gardener John Fairbairn in 1790, raised by Quaker brewer John Walker of Arno's Grove. Tall neottia, Neottia elata. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by an unknown artist from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, edited by John Sims, London, 1819.
RMPPJ03X–Aotus drummondii. . Yellow and crimson flowered aotus procumbens. Drawn and zincographed by C. T. Rosenberg, for Thomas Moore's 'The Garden Companion and Florists' Guide,' 1852, published by Charles Frederick Cheffins.. . C.T. Rosenberg drew and engraved many botanicals for Moore's 'The Gardener's Magazine of Botany' and W.J. Hooker's 'Curtis's Botanical Magazine' in the middle of the 19th century. Moore (1821-1887) was the curator of the Botanic Garden, Chelsea, from 1847 until his death.
RM2T67WAD–Sixangle foldwing, Dicliptera sexangularis. Native of St Eustatia (Sint Eustatius) and Martinico (Martinique) in the Caribbean, specimen raised by antiquarian and MP Charles Greville of Paddington. St Eustatia justicia, Justicia eustachiana. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by an unknown artist from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, edited by John Sims, London, 1819.
RMPPJ1CR–White and purple cyclamens. Cyclamen ibericum and Cyclamen atkinsii. Drawn and zincographed by C. T. Rosenberg, for Thomas Moore's 'The Garden Companion and Florists' Guide,' 1852, published by Charles Frederick Cheffins.. . C.T. Rosenberg drew and engraved many botanicals for Moore's 'The Gardener's Magazine of Botany' and W.J. Hooker's 'Curtis's Botanical Magazine' in the middle of the 19th century. Moore (1821-1887) was the curator of the Botanic Garden, Chelsea, from 1847 until his death.
RM2T67W0A–Pioneer spike-thorn or common spike-thorn, Gymnosporia buxifolia. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, communicated by Robert Sweet of Stockwell Nursery. Compact-flowered staff-tree, Celastrus cymosus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by an unknown artist from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, edited by John Sims, London, 1819.
RMPPJ01X–Erica varieties. Pink Thomsonii and scarlet Mooreana heaths. Drawn and zincographed by C. T. Rosenberg, for Thomas Moore's 'The Garden Companion and Florists' Guide,' 1852, published by Charles Frederick Cheffins.. . C.T. Rosenberg drew and engraved many botanicals for Moore's 'The Gardener's Magazine of Botany' and W.J. Hooker's 'Curtis's Botanical Magazine' in the middle of the 19th century. Moore (1821-1887) was the curator of the Botanic Garden, Chelsea, from 1847 until his death.
RM2T62CYC–Hooker's evening primrose, Oenothera elata subsp. hirsutissima. Raised from seeds sent from Mexico by gardener Thomas Ashworth at Longleats for the Marquis of Bath. Corymbose oenothera or evening primrose, Oenothera corymbosa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by an unknown artist from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, edited by John Sims, London, 1818.
RMPPJ147–Tritoma rooperii. . Yellow and orange tropical plant Kniphofia rooperi. Drawn and zincographed by C. T. Rosenberg, for Thomas Moore's 'The Garden Companion and Florists' Guide,' 1852, published by Charles Frederick Cheffins.. . C.T. Rosenberg drew and engraved many botanicals for Moore's 'The Gardener's Magazine of Botany' and W.J. Hooker's 'Curtis's Botanical Magazine' in the middle of the 19th century. Moore (1821-1887) was the curator of the Botanic Garden, Chelsea, from 1847 until his death.
RM2T62CNN–Cardboard palm or Jamaica sago, Zamia furfuracea. Endangered. Broad-leaved zamia. Raised by Philip Miller from seeds sent by Scottish botanist William Houston from Old Vera Cruz, America. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by an unknown artist from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, edited by John Sims, London, 1818.
RMPPJ0W1–Yellow-flowered Gastrolobium cuneatum and deep purple-flowered Linaria reticulata. Drawn and zincographed by C. T. Rosenberg, for Thomas Moore's 'The Garden Companion and Florists' Guide,' 1852, published by Charles Frederick Cheffins.. . C.T. Rosenberg drew and engraved many botanicals for Moore's 'The Gardener's Magazine of Botany' and W.J. Hooker's 'Curtis's Botanical Magazine' in the middle of the 19th century. Moore (1821-1887) was the curator of the Botanic Garden, Chelsea, from 1847 until his death.
RM2T67WD7–Wilcannia lily or yellow calostemma, Calostemma luteum. Native to Australia, found by Barron Field, a judge in the new colony at New South Wales, and raised from bulbs by William Anderson of the Apothecary’s botanical garden at Chelsea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by John Curtis from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, edited by John Sims, London, 1819.
RMPPJ0TT–Yellow Gastrolobium ovalifolium, scarlet Epiphyllum rollissonii, and crimson Epiphyllum buckleyi. Drawn and zincographed by C. T. Rosenberg, for Thomas Moore's 'The Garden Companion and Florists' Guide,' 1852, published by Charles Frederick Cheffins.. . C.T. Rosenberg drew and engraved many botanicals for Moore's 'The Gardener's Magazine of Botany' and W.J. Hooker's 'Curtis's Botanical Magazine' in the middle of the 19th century. Moore (1821-1887) was the curator of the Botanic Garden, Chelsea, from 1847 until his death.