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Indian lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)
From Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l’Europe (Flowers of the Greenhouses and Gardens of Europe) vol. 3, by Charles Lemaire, Michael Scheidweiler, and Louis van Houtte, Ghent, 1847.
(Source: archive.org)
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Dwarf Morning Glory (Convolvulus tricolor).
From Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l’Europe (Flowers of the Greenhouses and Gardens of Europe) vol. 3, by Charles Lemaire, Michael Scheidweiler, and Louis van Houtte, Ghent, 1847.
(Source: archive.org)
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Campanula punctata var. punctata (syn. campanula nobilis).
From Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l’Europe (Flowers of the Greenhouses and Gardens of Europe) vol. 3, by Charles Lemaire, Michael Scheidweiler, and Louis van Houtte, Ghent, 1847.
(Source: archive.org)
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La Belgique Horticole
1851
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Flame flower (tropaeolum speciosum).
From Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l’Europe (Flowers of the Greenhouses and Gardens of Europe) vol. 3, by Charles Lemaire, Michael Scheidweiler, and Louis van Houtte, Ghent, 1847.
(Source: archive.org)
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C.R. Ryley engraving of two charming Lion-Tailed Macaques from the Museum Leverianum. The entire book is available from the Biodiversity Library.
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Greenland Gyrfalcon.
Archibald Thorburn, from Coloured figures of the birds of the British Islands vol. 1, by Thomas Littleton Powys (Lord Lilford), London, 1885.
(Source: archive.org)
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Spotted eagle.
Archibald Thorburn, from Coloured figures of the birds of the British Islands vol. 1, by Thomas Littleton Powys (Lord Lilford), London, 1885.
(Source: archive.org)
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Ellen Robbins
19th century







