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Foliage plants

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Plants, Ornamental

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Images about Foliage plants

3 images from works
  • Six pictures of foliage illustrating the general character of two trees - the plane (Platanus species) and walnut (Juglans regia). Lithograph after G. Barnard, c. 1849.
  • The male fern (Dryopteris filix-mas): fronds and part of rhizome. Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.
  • Three species of fern, including a maidenhair fern (Adiantum species) and a clubmoss. Colour nature print by F. Branson, 1850.

Works from the collections

6 works

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    Beautiful leaved plants : being a description of the most beautiful leaved plants in cultivation in this country, to which is added an extended catalogue / by E.J. Lowe, assisted by W. Howard.

    Lowe, E. J. (Edward Joseph), 1825-1900. | Date: 1866
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    New and rare beautiful-leaved plants; : containing illustrations and descriptions of the most ornamental-foliaged plants not hitherto noticed in any work on the subject / by Shirley Hibberd, Esq.

    Hibberd, Shirley, 1825-1890. | Date: 1870
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    New and rare beautiful-leaved plants : containing illustrations and descriptions of the most ornamental-foliaged plants not hitherto noticed in any work on the subject / by Shirley Hibberd.

    | Date: 1870
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    The male fern (Dryopteris filix-mas): fronds and part of rhizome. Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.

    | Date: 1853 [1854] | Reference: 23766i
    • Pictures
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    Six pictures of foliage illustrating the general character of two trees - the plane (Platanus species) and walnut (Juglans regia). Lithograph after G. Barnard, c. 1849.

    Barnard, George, 1807-1890. | Date: [1849] | Reference: 23784i
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Plants
Plants, Cultivated
Plants, Ornamental
Plant Leaves

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