Saturday, February 14, 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.
Posted by peacay at

9 comments:

  1. lotusgreen15 February, 2009 03:46

    lovely-- a perfect bouquet for the day

    ReplyDelete
  2. Michael15 February, 2009 11:16

    I echo lotusgreen's sentiment here. These illustrations are both beautiful and apposite

    ReplyDelete
  3. Daveb15 February, 2009 13:22

    I love it!
    if you have time,welcome to my blog!
    http://enjoyinnet.blogspot.com/

    ReplyDelete
  4. allie aller16 February, 2009 13:38

    Many thanks!
    I love these botanical entries the very best....

    ReplyDelete
  5. Trace17 February, 2009 01:01

    i just uploaded 23 out of 519 "pictures from the scandinavian flora". the book is from 1905 (i think). http://blog.trstd.se/?p=648

    ReplyDelete
  6. peacay17 February, 2009 01:14

    Wow, they're great e-c. I'll add a link in the post. Cheers!

    ReplyDelete
  7. Trace17 February, 2009 02:17

    many thanks :D

    borrowed a tripod, but it's a little to dark to photograph now. more to come from the flora tomorrow!

    ReplyDelete
  8. Trace18 February, 2009 01:58

    http://blog.trstd.se/?p=699

    ReplyDelete
  9. Errant Aesthete04 March, 2009 07:48

    Simply exquisite.

    ReplyDelete

Comments are all moderated so don't waste your time spamming: they will never show up.

If you include ANY links that aren't pertinent to the blog post or discussion they will be deleted and a rash will break out in your underwear.

Also: please play the ball and not the person.

Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.