'The Wellington' LIB0035073

'The Wellington' LIB0035073Watercolour by Barbara Cotton of the apple 'The Wellington'. This is taken from one of ten volumes known as 'Hooker's Fruits' which were commissioned by the RHS to help standardise the nomenclature of cultivated fruit.

Hand-coloured engraved plate entitled 'Oriolus trifasciatus

Watercolour of Amelanchier ovalis by John Curtis

Watercolour on paper of plant named as 'Antirrhinum cymbalaria' (Cymbalaria muralis

Historical evidence suggests that the volumes held in the Lindley Library are portion of Louis XVIII's copy of the Flore médicale

Colour engraving of 'Rosier de Candolle' by P

an English landscape and flower artist who trained as a fan painter

Close-up of an Alocasia odora leaf at RHS Garden Wisley

A Chromolithograph plate of Borecoles or kales and Brussels Sprouts varieties taken from the Album Benary

illustrated by the French artist Amedée Varin (1818-1883)

Aitonia capensis' from 'Cimelia physica

Watercolour of Anemone blanda (winter windflower) by Caroline Maria Applebee

Plate from Josiah Conder's book 'The flowers of Japan and the art of floral arrangement' depicting people in traditional dress viewing maple trees in a garden setting