Volume I, Plate 22 LIB0036345

Volume I, Plate 22 LIB0036345Chromolithograph plate after original drawing by Alice B Ellis from The Herefordshire Pomona. The publication in two volumes 'containing coloured figures and descriptions of the most esteemed kinds of apples and pears' was edited by Henry Graves.

Redouté's Choix des plus belles fleurs

This is taken from Jekyll's sketchbook held in the Lindley Library which contains designs and sketches of gardening subjects and architectural features by the famous horticulturalist

Watercolour of 'Lilas varin' (Syringa × chinensis) taken from volume II of 'Flore du désert: receuil des fleurs odorantes dans un coin consacré à une amie'

Watercolour on rice paper of plant identified as Nelumbo speciosum (Lotus) from one of four bound albums of paintings by anonymous Chinese artists purchased by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1912

Plate 13 from J L M Poiret's book 'Lecons de Flore' depicting seed and flower casings printed or painted on vellum

a collection of 15 hand coloured engravings produced between 1748 and 1759

Illustration of twenty-five American plants

Watercolour by Barbara Cotton of the apple 'Bell's Scarlet'

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

Watercolour on rice paper of plant identified as Benincasa hispida (Chinese winter melon) from one of four bound albums of paintings by anonymous Chinese artists purchased by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1912

Watercolour by William Hooker of the Apricot variety Breda

His famous published works also include Les Roses