1,031 Free Artworks of 19th Century Botanical Illustration

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Peach. By P.J. Redouté (1827-1833)

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Stompdoom. Gardenia thunbergia (as Gardenia crassicaulis) Hooker, W., Salisbury, R.A., The paradisus Londinensis (1805) [W. Hooker]

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Stinking Benjamin. Trillium erectum (as Trillium foetidum) Hooker, W., Salisbury, R.A., The paradisus Londinensis (1805) [W. Hooker]

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Tobacco. Nicotiana tabacum. Les fleurs animées, vol. 2 (1867)

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Untitled--Flower Study, Mary Vaux Walcott

paintings by mary vaux walcott in the smithsonian american art museum unidentified botanical illustrations

Hasselt's Dendrobium. Dendrobium hasseltii. Honey scented flowers in late summer and fall. Grows in moss at altitudes of 5,000 to 10,000 feet in the mountain forests of Sumatra, Java and Malaysia. By Sarah Ann Drake (1847)

Chaenomeles japonica [as Pyrus japonica], Genista sagittalis, Gentiana acaulis, and Kalmia buxifolia [as Ledum buxifolium] The botanic garden vol. 1 (1825)

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Melodinus cochinchinensis. Large, white, extremely fragrant flowers. Shrubby plants. produce apple-sized orange fruit with sweet pulp. Dried root bark has cardiotonic properties.

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Sticky Monkey-flower, Orange Bush Monkey-flower. Mimulus aurantiacus. The American flora vol. 3 (1855)

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Torenia concolor. Trailing plant with blue to blue-purple flowers from May to November. Native to China, Laos, and Viet Nam. Edwards's Botanical Register v.32 (1846) [Sara Ann Drake]

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Helenium autumnale Superbum

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Single (yellow) dahlia by P.J. Redouté (1827-1833)

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Hibbertia scandens. Guinea Gold Vine. (1833)

Butterlfy Bush. Buddleja curviflora. Native to Japan and Taiwan. L'illustration Horticole vol. 17 (1870)

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Finger-leaved Heliophila. Heliophila digitata. Blue flowers on 18-24 inch plants. When massed planted the show is stunning. Summer annual; member of the Mustard family. Native to South Africa.

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Delphinium grandiflorum, Iris susiana, Lilium bulbiferum, Spiraea laevigata. The botanic garden vol. 1 (1825)

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Raspberry. Rubus idaeus.

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Butterfly Pea. Clitoria ternatea. (Paxton's) Magazine of Botany and Register Vol. 7 (1840)

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Double Mix Petunia. Gartenflora, vol. 8 (1859)

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Hibiscus vitifolius. Tropical hibiscus native to India. Gossypin, a flavone isolated from the plant shows great promise in treating a variety of diseases, including some cancers. Botanical Register, vol. 10 (1824) [M. Hart]

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Justicia aurea [as Jacobinia aurea]

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Guava (Psidium guajava)

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Chinese-foxglove. Rehmannia piasezkii. Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 134- ser. 4, vol. 4, (1908) [Mathilda Smith]

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Leopard Plant (Farfugium japonicum). Gartenflora, vol. 8 (1859)

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Night-blowing cereus, Abraham Pether, 1807

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Christmas Rose. Helleborus niger.Bonelli, Giorgio, Hortus Romanus juxta Systema Tournefortianum, vol. 5 (1783-1816)

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Echeveria scheerii.

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Tree houseleek. Aeonium arboreum. Moninckx, J., Moninckx atlas, vol. 7: t. 43 (1682-1709)

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Yellow Horned Poppy (Glaucium flavum, as Chelidenium glaucium), and Gum Cistus ( Cistus creticus, as Cistus ladaniferus). The new botanic garden (1812)

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A climbing nasturtium vine (Tropaeolum smithii)

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Scarlet Lobelia, Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) and White Lily, Madonna Lily (Lilium candidum). The new botanic garden (1812)

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Pllaced on private July 17, 2015. Phyllagathis rotundifolia. Annales d'horticulture et de botanique, ou Flore des jardins du royaume des Pays-Bas vol. 4 (1861)

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Chysis limminghei [as Chysis aurea var. Lemminghei] Collection of Orchids-aquarelles originales (1850-1870)

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Wigandia urens. Biologia Centrali-Americani, Botany, vol. 5 (1879-1888) [C.O. Salvin]

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Downy Azalea (Rhododendron molle) The garden. An illustrated weekly journal of horticulture in all its branches, vol. 11 (1877).

Rhododendron edgeworthii.

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Willowleaf Angelonia. Angelonia salicariifolia. Sweetly fragrant, Snapdragon-like flowers on 2 foot perennials. Highly valued for both ease of growth and fragrance. Herbier général de l’amateur, vol. 8 (1817-1827) [P. Bessa]

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Amaryllis lily, naked ladies (Amaryllis belladonna), and Jacobean lily (Sprekelia formosissima). The American flora vol. 3 (1855)

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Dianthus seguieri subsp. gautieri [as Dianthus neglectus] and D. alpinus. Illustration by Walter Hood Fich. The Florist and Pomologist (1869)

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Dodecatheon meadia, Trillium grandiflorum, Adonis vernalis, and Lathyrus vernus [as Orobus vernus] The botanic garden vol. 1 (1825)

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Rockrose. Halimium alyssoides. Moninckx atlas, Moninckx, J., vol. 2: t. 48 (1682-1701)

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Hummingbird feeding on Banana flower [Musa paradisiaca] (1861)

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Bell Flower. Roella ciliata. (Paxton's) Magazine of Botany and Register Vol. 7 (1840)

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Gentiana gelida. (Paxton's) Magazine of Botany and Register Vol. 7 (1840)

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Blue Pincushion. Brunonia australis. (Paxton's) Magazine of Botany and Register Vol. 7 (1840)

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Heather. Erica banksiana. (Paxton's) Magazine of Botany and Register Vol. 7 (1840)

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Sinningia youngeana. (Paxton's) Magazine of Botany and Register Vol. 7 (1840)

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Purple Apricot. Prunus dasycarpa. Native to China. Showy white flowers followed by deep purple fruits. Probably a cross of an apricot and plum

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Grenadille a Grappes. Passiflora racemosa. Herbier General de l'Amateur, vol.6 (1822) [P. Bessa]

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Climbing Rose Maréchal Niel. A seedling of 'Isbella Gray' planted by Mons. Pradel in 1858, and registered in 1864.

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Granadilla, Passion Fruit, Passion Flower vine (Passiflora quadrangularis)

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Winged passion flower. Passiflora alata. Thornton, R.J., New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus and the temple of Flora, or garden of nature, (1807)

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Rock purslane, Large rosy caliandra. Cistanthe grandiflora. [as Calandrinia grandiflora] Large flowers summer to early fall. Plants grow up 12-18 inches tall. Tender perennial, usually grown as an annual. The garden, vol. 19 (1881)

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Agapanthus and Swallowtail butterfly. Blue lily and large butterfly, natal. By Marianne North (1882)

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Morning Glory. Ipomoea jalapa, as Convolvulus jalapa. Herbier général de l’amateur, vol. 8 (1817-1827) [P. Bessa]

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Peony of the Alps. Paeonia peregrina. The American flora vol. 2, by Strong, Asa B. (1855)

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China poinciana. Caesalpinia pulcherrima. The American flora vol. 2, by Strong, Asa B. (1855)

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The Splendid Paphiopedilum (Paphiopedilum insigne) Gleadall, E.E., The beauties of flora (1839)

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Sauge bleue. Salvia ianthina. Houtte, L. van, Flore des serres et des jardin de l’Europe, vol. 9 (1853) [L. Stroobant]

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New varieties of Potentilla (1865).

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William P C Barton (19th century)

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Clusia rosea. Autograph plant, pitch apple. Scratch a name on a leaf, it will remain there for the life of the leaf.

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Cartonema spicatum (Illustrationes Florae Novae Hollandiae plate 7), Ferdinand Bauer

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Breadseed poppy. Papaver somniferum [as Papaver amoenum] Annales de flore et de pomone ser.2 vol.2 (1843-1844)

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Lady's Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium acaule [as C. humile]) and Yellow Mariposa Lily (Calochortus luteus). The American flora vol. 3 (1855)

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Rosa 'Devoniensis' Extremely fragrant, ivory colored flowers with centers tinted pink, pale yellow, or beige, depending on the weather. A cross of Smith's Yellow China, and Park's Yellow Tea-scented China, introduced in 1838. (1839)

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Jungle Geranium. Ixora chinensis. Scarlet tubular flowers in dense clusters nearly all year long. Grows tp 6 feet tall. Native to India and Sri Lanka, it is very popular in South Florida. Botanical Register, vol. 10- (1824) [M. Hart]

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Dark-flowered Calliopsis, Plains Coreopsis. Coreopsis tinctoria. These cheerful annual wildflowers are native to the plains of the central and eastern US. The American flora vol. 3 (1855)

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Stanhopea ruckeri. Flowers carries mild cinnamon scent similar to the candy "Hot Tamales." Grows at elevations of 2,600-4,600 feet in mountain forests of Mexico and Central America. Edwards’s Botanical Register, vol. 31, (1845) [Sarah Ann Drake]

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Guarianthe skinneri [as Cattleya skinneri] The national flower of Costa Rica, it is called "Guaria Morada." Grows on trees and rocks at moderate elvetations, in humid forests. Illustration by Agusta Innes Withers.

Master's cymbidium (Cymbidium mastersii). Beautiful miniature cymbidium with unusual fluted flowers. Blooms carry a delicious almond scent. Plants grow on trees and rocks at elevations up to 7,200 feet in southeast Asia.

Bomarea andimarcana. A monograph of the Trochilidæ, or family of humming-birds, vol. 3 (1861)

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Chuquiraga jussieui. A monograph of the Trochilidæ, or family of humming-birds, vol. 6 (1887) [J. Gould & H.C. Richter]

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Passiflora kermesina. A monograph of the Trochilidæ, or family of humming-birds, vol. 3 (1861) [J. Gould & H.C. Richter]

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Agave maculosa. A monograph of the Trochilidæ, or family of humming-birds, vol. 3 (1861) [J. Gould & H.C. Richter]

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Fuchsia macrostigma attracting hummingbirds. A monograph of the Trochilidæ, or family of humming-birds, vol. 2 (1861) [J. Gould & H.C. Richter]

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Large-flowered Sobralia. Sobralia macrantha. Native to Mexico and Central America.

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Echeveria. A monograph of the Trochilidæ, or family of humming-birds, vol. 6 (1887) [J. Gould & H.C. Richter]

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Passiflora penduliflora. A monograph of the Trochilidæ, or family of humming-birds, vol. 2 (1861) [J. Gould & H.C. Richter]

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Mandevilla martiana. A monograph of the Trochilidæ, or family of humming-birds, vol. 3 (1861) [J. Gould & H.C. Richter]

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Begonia cinnabarina. A monograph of the Trochilidæ, or family of humming-birds, vol. 3 (1861) [J. Gould & H.C. Richter]

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Ecuadorian hillstar hummingbird (Oreotrochilus chimborazo) with Flower of the Andes (Chuquiraga jussieui).

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Catchfly Prarie Gentian, Western blue gentian (Eustoma exaltatum).

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Calliandra brevipes. A monograph of the Trochilidæ, or family of humming-birds, vol. 3 (1861)

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Gymnocalycium gibbosum. A monograph of the Trochilidæ, or family of humming-birds, vol. 3, t. 166 (1861) [J. Gould & H.C. Richter]

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Passiflora serratodigitata as Passiflora palmata. The botanical cabinet, vol. 1: t. 97 (1827) [G. Loddiges]

Bear's breeches, Smooth Bears breech (Acanthus mollis) and Butterfly Weed, Orange Apocynum (Asclepias tuberosa). The new botanic garden (1812)

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European peony by P.J. Redouté (1827-1833)

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Rosier de Candolle by P.J. Redouté (1827-1833)

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Night Blooming Cereus. Selenicereus grandiflorus [as Cactus grandiflorus] New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus and the temple of Flora, or garden of nature, Thornton, R.J., (1807)

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Cattleya grandis var. tenebrosa (as Laelia grandis tenebrosa)

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Branching lupine. Lupinus ramosissimus. Shrubby plants grow to 4 feet tall. Flowers carry a strong sweet pea-like fragrance. Edwards's Botanical Register vol.31 (1845)

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Mandrake

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Sobralia xantholeuca. Bamboo-like canes hold large, Cattleya-like flowers. Repeat blooms. A cool weather, summer blooming orchid from Mexico and Guatamala. The garden. An illustrated…, vol. 22 (1882)

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Large Christmas Bell. Blandfordia grandiflora. (Paxton's) Magazine of Botany and Register Vol. 7 (1840)

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Yellow Mandevilla. Pentalinon luteum [as Echites suberecta]. (Paxton's) Magazine of Botany and Register Vol. 7 (1840)

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Cattley Iris [as Cattleya x Iris] A cross between C. dowiana and C. bicolor. Nearly all yellow Cattleya hybrids have this orchid as an ancestor. Orchis (1907)

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Dwarf Iris (Iris pumila) and Syrian rose (Hibiscus rosea). Striking in their contrast of color and form, iris and hibiscus both thrive in sunny areas and moist soil. The American flora vol. 3 (1855)

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Firecracker Bush. Bouvardia ternifolia {as Bouvardia angustifolia]. (Paxton's) Magazine of Botany and Register Vol. 7 (1840)

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Iris iberica perryana. Flowers very large for the size of the plant. Standards white to cream, with light brown veins. Falls heavily veined, with intense brown to near black signal patch. Leaves gray-green. The Florist and Pomologist (1873)

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