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Gardenia

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Images referencing Gardenia

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  • Eight plants, including two orchids, a gardenia and a clematis: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • Garden Gardinia or Cape jasmine (Gardenia augusta (L.) Merr.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flowers and fruit. Coloured line engraving.
  • Cape jasmine (Gardenia coronaria): flowering stem with separate floral and fruit segments. Line engraving by Mackenzie, c.1795.

Works from the collections

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    Garden Gardinia or Cape jasmine (Gardenia augusta (L.) Merr.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flowers and fruit. Coloured line engraving.

    | Date: [1686] | Reference: 16263i
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    Eight plants, including two orchids, a gardenia and a clematis: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1837.

    | Date: 1837 | Reference: 27845i
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    Cape jasmine (Gardenia coronaria): flowering stem with separate floral and fruit segments. Line engraving by Mackenzie, c.1795.

    | Date: [1800] | Reference: 20142i

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Plants, Cultivated

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