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The drawings are by Albrecht Meyer and the engravings by Veit Rudolph Speckle. Fuchs included ornamental plants and plants brought back from the Americas, and had the whole plants, including roots, flowers and fruits, illustrated from life so that they could be identified. His work was reprinted many times and in several languages.
Garlic Vine. Type: Perennial Size: 8 feet Hardiness Zones: 9-11 Care Tip: Plant this sun-loving vine near a trellis, arbor, railing, or fence. Clusters of funnel-shaped flowers bloom twice a year ...
Banks' Florilegium is a collection of copperplate engravings of plants collected by Sir Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander while they accompanied Captain James Cook on his first voyage around the world between 1768 and 1771. They collected plants in Madeira, Brazil, Tierra del Fuego, the Society Islands, New Zealand, Australia and Java.
Bougainvillea, Behbahan.Many of the small white flowers, in various stages of development, may be seen among the larger bracts. Bougainvillea (/ ˌ b uː ɡ ən ˈ v ɪ l i. ə / BOO-gən-VIL-ee-ə, US also / ˌ b oʊ-/ BOH-) is a genus of thorny ornamental vines, bushes, and trees belonging to the four o' clock family, Nyctaginaceae.
The best flowering vines will beautify any garden and often attract pollinators. Here are the best annual and perennial wall-climbing vines to grow.
The cypress vine is a hybrid, with the cardinal climber as one parent. Many morning glories self-seed in the garden. They have a hard seed coat, which delays germination until late spring. Germination may be improved by soaking in warm water. [9] Morning glory has been a favorite flower in Japan for many a long century. [10]
Plate 213 from "The Flowering Plants of Great Britain", showing Scotch Pine, Juniper and Yew. Columbine , larkspur and wolfsbane illustration by Anne Pratt for Wild Flowers , 1852. Anne Pratt (5 December 1806 – 27 July 1893) was a botanical and ornithological illustrator and author from Strood , Kent .
Wisteria is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae (Leguminosae). The genus includes four species of woody twining vines that are native to China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, southern Canada, the Eastern United States, and north of Iran. They were later introduced to France, Germany and various other countries in Europe.