Rosa Gallica Aurelianensis : La Duchesse d'Orléans Frame:black

Rosa Gallica Aurelianensis : La Duchesse d'Orléans Frame:blackColour printed, hand finished stipple engraving entitled Rosa Gallica Aurelianensis : La Duchesse d'Orlans. From P. J. Redout's Choix des plus belles fleurs.

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

Lithograph plate of Cedars of Lebanon by F Antoine from the book Die Coniferen nach Lambert

hand-finished stipple engraving entitled Rosa Indica : Grande Indienne

Watercolour by Willliam Hooker of Knights Yellow Crab

Hand coloured engraved plate from Johannes Gessner's book 'Tabulae Phytographicae'

Watercolour on paper by an unknown Japanese artist from an album titled 'Plantae Icones Japonicae' formerly owned by Reginald Cory (1871-1934)

by Lydia Penrose titled 'Flore Devoniensis'

J Redouté from 'Choix des plus belle fleurs' published in 1827

published in Curtis's Botanical Magazine

Gessner died before 'Tabulae Phytographicae' was completed and it was published after his death

Colour engraving of Iris xiphium by P

Sakura is Japanese for 'blossom'