Family of plants in the order Asparagales

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A crocus (Crocus stellaris): entire flowering plant and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1812.

A plant (Watsonia rosea): flowering stem and leaf. Coloured lithograph.

Cream iris flowers. Watercolour by J. A. Sherlock, 1901.

Blue iris flowers. Watercolour by A. Sherlock, 1901.

Ten flowering plants, including two orchids and an iris. Coloured transfer lithograph, c. 1833.

A purple iris (Iris sambucina): flower and leaf. Coloured engraving, c. 1792.

Diplarrhena moroea Labill.: flowering and fruiting stem with floral segments. Engraving by C. Dien, c.1798, after P. J. Redouté.

Japanese matsuzaki iris (Iris kaempferi cv.): mauve flowers and leaves. Watercolour.

Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

Butterfly iris (Moraea sp.): entire flowering plant with separate fruiting stem and sections of leaf and bulb. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Seven plants, all species of the genus Watsonia: flowering stems. Coloured lithograph.

Four British garden plants, including a paeony and crocus: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

An iris; flowers and birds; two ladies, one with a baby. Ink drawings.

A flowering iris. Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after Guenébeaud.

Seven types of iris (Iris species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph.

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Iridaceae

Images from the collections

Images about Iridaceae

Works from the collections

An iris; flowers and birds; two ladies, one with a baby. Ink drawings.

A flowering iris. Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after Guenébeaud.

Seven types of iris (Iris species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph.

Blue iris flowers. Watercolour by A. Sherlock, 1901.

Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

Iridaceae

Images from the collections

Images about Iridaceae

Works from the collections

An iris; flowers and birds; two ladies, one with a baby. Ink drawings.

A flowering iris. Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after Guenébeaud.

Seven types of iris (Iris species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph.

Blue iris flowers. Watercolour by A. Sherlock, 1901.

Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

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