1,031 Free Artworks of 19th Century Botanical Illustration

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Fringed Dendrobium. Dendrobium fimbriatum. The American flora vol. 2, by Strong, Asa B. (1855)

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Petunias, Double Mix. (1858)

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Meriania purpurea. Native to the higher elevations of Caribbean Islands. Tussac, F.R., Flore des Antilles, (1808)

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White poppy, Breadseed poppy. Papaver somniferum. The American flora vol. 2, by Strong, Asa B. (1855)

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Hops vine. Humulus lupulus. The fragrant flowers of this vine, provide bitterness, flavor, and preservative properties.

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Bluet, and Coquelicot. Blue cornflower (Cyanus segetum) and Red cornflower (Poppy, Papaver rhoeas). Les fleurs animées, vol. 2 (1867)

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Bay star-vine. Schisandra glabra (as Schizandra coccinea) Pink or red flowers followed by red berries. Can climb to 65 feet tall or more. Native to the southern U.S. A flora of North America, Barton, W.P.C., vol. 1 (1821)

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Japonica. (Kerria japonica var. pleniflora foliis variegatis). and Japanese honeysuckle. Lonicera japonica var. aureo-reticulata (as Lonicera brachypoda var. aureo-reticulata) Illustrierte Garten-Zeitung (1865)

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Rossioglossum insleayi [as Oncidium insleayi] Fragrant, bright, bicolor, 3-4 inch flowers, in fall and winter. Epiphytic orchid native to Mexico's oak and pine forests. Illustration by Sarah Ann Drake

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European peony, common peony. Deep red flowers, 4-5 inches across in late spring. First grown as a medicinal plant, in time became popular oranmental. The American flora by Asa B.. Strong, vol. 1 (1855)

Fuchsia denticulata. Coral, pink, orange, and lime blooms on 6 foot tall plants. Flowers spring-fall. Profuse small, very tasty, dark fruits.

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Spanish oyster plant, Spanish salsify. Scolymus hispanicus. Bright orange-yellow flowers on 2.5-3 foot tall plants. A culinary and medicinal perennial. Sibthrop, J., Smith, J.E., Flora Graeca, vol. 9 (1837)

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Black-tongued Orchid. Dendrobium amplum. (Paxton's) Magazine of Botany and Register Vol. 7 (1840)

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Geranium Quadricolor, Tricolor, & Mistriss Pollock. Pelargonium hort. Neerland's Plantentuin, Oudemans, Cornelis Antoon Jan Abraham, Glijm, C., vol. 3 (1867)

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Cattleya purpurata var. Compte de Montebellow (as Laelia purpurata var. Compte de Montebello). Lindenia - iconography of orchids vol. 8 (1894)

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High climbing Clitoria sp., hosts hummingbirds on its branch. A monograph of the Trochilidæ, or family of humming-birds, vol. 2 (1861) [J. Gould & H.C. Richter]

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Aphelandra. Aphelandra variegata with hummingbirds feeding on flowers. A monograph of the Trochilidæ, or family of humming-birds, vol. 2 (1861) [J. Gould & H.C. Richter]

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Passion Flower. Passiflora x decaisneana. Large, 4-5 inch flowers followed by orange, edible fruit. These fast growing vines are often confused with P. quadrangularis. Deutsches Magazin für Garten- und Blumenkunde; Stuggart, G. Weise. (1854)

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Mandevilla splendens. Large pink flowers and heavy textured leaves make this an elegant climber. A monograph of the Trochilidæ, or family of humming-birds, vol. 2 (1861) [J. Gould & H.C. Richter]

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Zygopetalum clayi.

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Cockspur Coral beau (Erythrina crista-galli) and Japonica (Camellia japonica var. flore simplici alba) Gleadall, E.E., The beauties of flora (1839).

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Buenos Ayres Batatas (Batatas bonariensis). Paxton's Magazine of botany and register of flowering plants vol. 8 (1841)

Achimenes glabrata. Deutsches Magazin fur Garten- und Blumenkunde; Stuggart, G. Weise. (1849)

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Scoperta Lunare. In 1835 it was reported in the New York Sun that life had been found on the moon. This is an interpretation of what that life might be like (1836)

Poinsetta. Euphorbia pulcherrima. Fleurs, fruits et feuillages choisis de l'ille de Java -peints d'après nature par Berthe Hoola van Nooten (1880)

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Oenothera biennis [as Oenothera grandiflora] Large, lemon-scented, yellow flowers open in the evening and close by noon the next day. A biennial, can grow up to 6 feet tall. A flora of North America, Barton, W.P.C., vol. 1 (1821)

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Japanese rose. Rosa Kamtschatka, Rosier du Kamtschatka. By P.J. Redouté (1817-1824)

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Tasmanian Christmas Bells. Blandfordia punicea. Bell-shaped red flowers with yellow tips, held on 3 foot stalks. Native to western Tasmania, Australia. Edwards's Botanical Register vol.31 (1845)

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Tea Rose 'Maréchal Niel' (1866)

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Rose Alfred K. Williams. The garden. An illustrated weekly journal of horticulture in all its branches [ed. William Robinson], vol. 22- (1882)

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Single Dahlias. The garden. An illustrated weekly journal of horticulture in all its branches [ed. William Robinson], vol. 20- (1881)

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Thunia bensoniae Hook.f. Collection d’orchidées (aquarelles originales) (1850-1870)

Stately Silphium, prairie dock. Silphium terebinthinaceum. Perennial plants form green buds which unfold into large, yellow, attractive flowers. Grows up to 9 feet tall, with leaves 18 inches long and 1 foot wide. The American flora, volume 4 (1855)

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Chilean Tree Mallow, Grape Leaf Abutilon. Corynabutilon vitifolium [as Abutilon vitifolium]. Grows up to 20 feet tall. The garden. An illustrated… , vol. 23- (1883)..

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Vinca major var. caerulea. Gleadall, E.E., The beauties of flora (1839).

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Avocado. Persea-americana [as Persea gratissima] Native to Mexico and Central America. First evidence of it use found in a cave in Coxcatlán, Puebla, Mexico, and dated to 10,000 B.C. The avocado, like the banana, is botanically a berry. (1889)

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Camellia hort. Deutsches Magazin für Garten- und Blumenkunde; Stuggart, G. Weise. (1855)

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Chinese Trumpet Vine, Trumpet Creeper. Campsis grandiflora [as Tecoma grandiflora] with Mangrove Humming Birds.

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Rose bay, Tree Rhododendron. Rhododendron arboreum. Bright red flowers on evergreen large shrub or small Tree. The national flower of Nepal. The American flora vol. 2, by Strong, Asa B. (1855)

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Fuchsia. Glory v. Neisse. Deutsches Magazin für Garten- und Blumenkunde; Stuggart, G. Weise. (1855)

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Durian. Durio zibethinus. Fleurs, fruits et feuillages choisis de l'ille de Java -peints d'après nature par Berthe Hoola van Nooten (1880)

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Mezereum. Daphne mezereum. Stronly scented early spring flowers appear before leaves. Fruit is bright red and extremely poisonous to all but fruit eating birds. The American flora vol. 2, by Strong, Asa B. (1855)

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Anthurium andegavense. Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe v.23 (1880)

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Pitcairnia ringens. Showy spikes of red tubular flowers; a bromeliad endemic to Mexico. Deutsches Magazin fur Garten- und Blumenkunde; Stuggart, G. Weise. (1854)

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Rosy Tinted Laelia. Laelia rubescens [as Laelia peduncularis]. Fragrant pink flowers on 3 foot long spikes. Grows on tree trunks in deciduous forests of Mexico and Central America.

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Cattleya coccinea orchid [as Sophronitis coccinea].

Southern Magnolia, Magnolia grandiflora with Black-Billed Cuckoo. Birds of America [double elephant folio edition], Audubon, J.J., (1826-1838) [J.J. Audubon]

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Florda Jay in American Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) Birds of America [double elephant folio edition], Audubon, J.J., (1826-1838) [J.J. Audubon]

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Adenia obtusa, as Modecca obtusa. Blume, C.L., Rumphia, vol. 1 (1835)

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Tree lettuce. Pisonia umbellifera [as Pisonia alba] Fleurs, fruits et feuillages choisis de l'ille de Java -peints d'après nature par Berthe Hoola van Nooten (1880)

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Peace Lily, Spathiphyllum commutatum [as Spathiphyllopsis minahassae] Fleurs, fruits et feuillages choisis de l'ille de Java -peints d'après nature par Berthe Hoola van Nooten (1880)

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Narrow-spathed skunk cabbage. Symplocarpus sp. Besides attracting pollinators with its skunky odor, skunk cabbage has the amazing ability to generate heat through thermogenesis to melt through frozen soil while it grows. The American flora vol. 3 (1855)

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Croton, Codiaeum variegatum. Fleurs, fruits et feuillages choisis de l'ille de Java -peints d'après nature par Berthe Hoola van Nooten (1880)

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Pummelo, shaddock. Citrus maxima [as Citrus decumana] Fleurs, fruits et feuillages choisis de l'ille de Java -peints d'après nature par Berthe Hoola van Nooten (1880)

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Colutea media. Herbier général de l’amateur, vol. 8 (1817-1827) [P. Bessa]

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Cypripedium schroederae

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Acineta superba. Fragrant, long-lasting, 3 inch flowers in blended shades of red, brown, and white. Grows in the canopy of mountain forests of Venezuela to Peru. Edwards’s Botanical Register, vol. 29 (1843) [S.A. Drake]

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Cattleya × whitei orchid (1900)

Armenian Cranesbill. Geranium psilostemon. The garden. An illustrated weekly journal of horticulture in all its branches: vol. 11 (1877).

Maule's seed catalogue for 1891.

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Brazilian tanager male (Ramphocelus bresilius) perched on the branch of a Surinam cherry (Eugenia uniflora).

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Poppy anemone. Anemone coronaria. Hortus Romanus juxta Systema Tournefortianum, Bonelli, Giorgio, vol. 5 (1783-1816)

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Dutchman's pipe. Aristolochia macroura. Vigorous vines covered in maroon flowers, with tails up to 1 m long. Odor attracts insects, sepals form tube that traps them. When stamens mature, insects released coated in pollen. (1831) [J. Lindley]

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Glory pea, parrot beak. Swainsona formosa [as Clianthus dampieri]. The garden. An illustrated weekly journal of horticulture..., vol. 20- (1881)

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Wintergreen. Gaultheria procumbens. American medicinal plants, - an illustrated and descriptive guide to the American plants used as homopathic remedies, vol. 1 (c1887)

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Uva-ursi, Bear berry, kinnikinnick. Arctostaphtylos uva-ursi. American medicinal plants, - an illustrated and descriptive guide to the American plants used as homopathic remedies, vol. 1 (c1887)

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Anemone palmata var. alba. The garden. An illustrated weekly journal of horticulture in all its branches [ed. William Robinson], vol. 22- (1882)

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Lungwort, Common lungwort (Pulmonaria officinalis) and Golden shower tree, purging Cassia (Cassia fistula) The American flora by Asa B. Strong, vol. 1 (1855)

Wallflower (Erysimum cheiri), and Pelargonium (Pelargonium hort. cv. Helena). Gleadall, E.E., The beauties of flora (1839).

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Lemon daylily (1787)

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Amethyst Flower (1787)

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Nasturtium. Tropaeolum majus.

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Persian iris (1787)

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New South Wales waratah. Telopea speciosissima. Large shrub in the Proteaceae family. Endemic to New South Wales, Australia. It is the floral emblem of that state.

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Dendrobium de Sir Joseph Hooker (Dendrobium hookerianum)

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Gloxinia tubiflora. Herbier général de l’amateur. Deuxième Série, vol. 3 (1839-50)

Pterostylis grandiflora (Illustrationes Florae Novae Hollandiae plate 2), Ferdinand Bauer

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Nasturtium, Double Red. Tropaeolum hort. cv. Hermine Grashoff. The garden. An illustrated weekly journal of horticulture in all its branches [ed. William Robinson], vol. 20- (1881)

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Turk's Cap lily (Lilium superbum) Redouté P.J., Les Liliacées, vol. 2: t. 103 (1805-1816) [P.J. Redouté]

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Pygmy iris (1787)

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Hibiscus grandiflorus and Blue-winged Yellow Warbler. Birds of America [double elephant folio edition], Audubon, J.J., (1826-1838) [J.J. Audubon]

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Orange Jessamine. Cestrum aurantiacum. Brilliant apricot or orange flowers last a long time. As plants mature, blooms carry a moderate citrus scent. Blooms spring-fall. Espaliered or grown as arching shrub. Edwards's Botanical Register v.31 (1845)

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Pineapple lily. Eucomis regia. Bulbous perennnial from South Africa. Forms basal rosettes of leaves with thick stems covered in chartreuse, star shaped flowers. Redouté, P.J., (1807)

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Begonia. This one is a mystery. The first Begonia of this type reached England in 1864. The name is not valid. Perhaps the Germans were working with them first. Deutsches Magazin für Garten- und Blumenkunde; Stuggart, G. Weise. (1855)

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Beet. The Maule seed book (1917)

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Vegetables. 1893 Maule's seed catalogue.

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Maule's seed catalogue - 1898 cannas

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Snapdragons. The Maule seed book for 1918.

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TOMATOES. The 1915 the Maule seed book.

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Azalea (c. 1873)

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Azalea (c. 1855)

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Queen Cattleya. Cattleya dowiana. A particularly beautiful Cattleya. Flower petals and sepals are yellow. Lip is deep crimson purple, veined gold. L’ Illustration horticole, vol. 14 (1866) [P. Stroobant]

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Everlasting pea, perennial sweet pea. Lathyrus latifolius. Choix des plus belles fleurs -et des plus beaux fruits par P.J. Redouté. (1833)

Watermelons. Maule's seed catalogue for 1889.

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Vanda tricolor. Houtte, L. van, Flore des serres et des jardin de l’Europe, vol. 6 (1850-1851)

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Liverwort, kidneywort, or pennywort (1787)

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Silky Camellia, Stuartia malachodendron with Carolina Turtle Dove. Birds of America [double elephant folio edition], Audubon, J.J., (1826-1838) [J.J. Audubon]

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Primula villosa. Botanical Magazine, t. 1-36, vol. 1: t. 14 (1787)

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Rhododendron javaniacum. Houtte, L. van, Flore des serres et des jardin de l’Europe, vol. 6 (1850-1851)

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Cabbage Palm. Cordyline fruticosa, as Calodracon nobilis. Houtte, L. van, Flore des serres et des jardin de l’Europe, vol. 7 (1851-1852)

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