Dahlia superflua Pieter Holsteyn

Dahlia superflua Pieter HolsteynWatercolour on paper of Dahlia pinnata by Sydenham Teast Edwards. Historically known as Dahlia superflua. The original drawing commissioned for Curtis's Botanical Magazine plate 1885A.

hand-finished stipple engraving entitled Phlox Reptans

Johnson was a fellow of the Linnean Society and Botanical Lecturer at Guys Hospital

Engraved colour plate of fern Asplenium ruta-muraria (Wall-Rue

Watercolour on paper by Augusta Innes Withers of 'Chassilas Musque' grapes

Watercolour by Barbara Cotton of the apple 'Minshul Crab'

Engraved after an original by James Sowerby (1757-1822)

Watercolour on silk of scene with pigeons in a tree by an unknown chinese artist

Watercolour on vellum of Anemone plant by Pierre Turpin

attributed to the Chinese artist or collector Wang Lui Chi

Colour woodblock print of Iris Uji-No-Kawagiri from volume II of the Yokohama nursery catalogue of Seitaro Arai which specialised in Iris kaempferi

This is taken from an album of 25 original drawings of flowers which include un-coloured dissections of the flowers and seeds beneath the main illustration

and is dedicated to the princesses Louise and Marie d'Orléans