Meconopsis Delavayi LIB0002150

Meconopsis Delavayi LIB0002150Watercolour of Meconopsis Delavayi plant in flower by Lilian Snelling. The artist has noted that it was painted at Edinburgh in May.

Applebee was born in London in 1799 and appears to have been the daughter of a wealthy middle-class family that had conservatories and greenhouses

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

Watercolour by William Hooker of The Scarlet Bueree Pear 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

Portrait of Chrysanthemum indicum by John Curtis

There is evidence to suggest that towards the end of the 19th Century they began to trade collectively as one company

This orchid was given an award of merit by the Orchid Committee in March 1930

Illustrated plates from a Victorian childrens book 'The Alphabet of Flowers' published by John Dicks of 313

Watercolour on paper of a group of Erythronium varieties (dog’s tooth violet) by Lilian Snelling

Watercolour on paper dated 1828 and entitled Blighia

Watercolour entitled Rosa Chinensis by Caroline Maria Applebee painted c

Galanthus (snowdrop)

Watercolour and pencil on paper of Narcissus pseudonarcissus (common daffodil