Benjamin Gallery

Donckelaer's Japan camellia, Camellia japonica

Donckelaer's Japan camellia, Camellia japonica var. donckelaeri. Donckelaer was head gardener at the Botanic Garden of Louvain (Leuven, Belgium). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Nevitt after a botanical illustration by Mrs Augusta Withers from Benjamin Maund and the Rev. John Stevens Henslow's The Botanist, London, 1836. Date:

© Florilegius/Mary Evans

Smooth layia, Layia chrysanthemoides

Smooth layia, Layia chrysanthemoides (Chrysanthemum-like oxyura, Oxyura chrysanthemoides). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Nevitt after a botanical illustration by Mrs Augusta Withers from Benjamin Maund and the Rev. John Stevens Henslow's The Botanist, London, 1836. Date:

© Florilegius/Mary Evans

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Trailing lantana, Lantana montevidensis

Trailing lantana, Lantana montevidensis (Sellow's lantana, Lantana sellowiana). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Nevitt after a botanical illustration by Mrs Augusta Withers from Benjamin Maund and the Rev. John Stevens Henslow's The Botanist, London, 1836. Date:

© Florilegius/Mary Evans

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