Oleander Gallery

Jungle geranium and yellow oleander

Jungle geranium, Ixora coccinea, and yellow oleander, Thevetia neriifolia, Cascabela thevetia. Chromolithograph after a botanical drawing by Emily Eden from her Flowers from an Indian Garden: Second Series: Hope, Breidenbach Co, Dusseldorf, 1860s. Eden was an English female aristocratic writer, novelist and traveler who accompanied her brother George in India from 1836 to 1842. Jungle geranium, Ixora coccinea, and yellow oleander, Thevetia neriifolia, Cascabela thevetia. Chromolithograph after a botanical drawing by Emily Eden from her Flowers from an Indian Garden: Second Series: Hope, Breidenbach & Co, Dusseldorf, 1860s. Eden was an English female aristocratic writer, novelist and traveler who accompanied her brother George in India from 1836 to 1842. Date:

© Florilegius/Mary Evans

Oleander hawk-moth and spurge hawk-moth

Oleander hawk-moth, Daphnis nerii 1, and caterpillar on oleander flower, Nerium oleander, and spurge hawk-moth, Hyles euphorbiae 2, and caterpillar on leafy spurge, Euphorbia esula. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1802. Date:

© Florilegius/Mary Evans

Nerium oleander, 1836 (hand-coloured engraving)

618049 Nerium oleander, 1836 (hand-coloured engraving) by Bessa, Pancrace (1772-1835); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration from Flore des jardiniers, amateurs et manufacturiers: D'aprA¨s les dessins de Bessa. Extraits de l'Herbier de l'amateur. Laurel Rose or Oleander. Used by herbalists to treat a wide variety of skin conditions. This highly poisonous plant is native to the Mediterranean region.); The Stapleton Collection; French, out of copyright

© The Stapleton Collection / Bridgeman Images