Tree that is grown for decorative purposes in gardens and landscape design projects

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Pride-of-India, queen flower or pyinma (Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.): branch with leaves and flowers.

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.

Acronychia launifolia Blume: branch with flowers and fruit, separate flowers and fruit and cross-section of fruit with seeds. Coloured line engraving.

A lakeside village scene with lombardy poplar trees (Populus nigra cv. Italica) growing by the water's edge. Lithograph after G. Barnard, 1848.

Fashionable visitors strolling in a garden with statues and elaborate topiary work. Etching, 18th century.

Padri (Stereospermum colais (Dillwyn) Mabb.): branch with flowers and pods and separate sections of flower, pod and seeds. Coloured line engraving.

Singapore rhododendron (Melastoma malabathricum L.): branch with flowers and fruit, flowering shoot and floral segments. Coloured line engraving.

A classical garden with statues and topiary work. Coloured etching.

Pride-of-India, queen flower or pyinma (Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.): flowering branch with numbered sections of flowers. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

Allophylus cobbe (L.) Räusch.: branch with flowers and fruit and separate flowers, sectioned fruit and seed. Coloured line engraving.

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Ornamental trees

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A lakeside village scene with lombardy poplar trees (Populus nigra cv. Italica) growing by the water's edge. Lithograph after G. Barnard, 1848.

Pride-of-India, queen flower or pyinma (Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.): branch with leaves and flowers.

Allophylus cobbe (L.) Räusch.: branch with flowers and fruit and separate flowers, sectioned fruit and seed. Coloured line engraving.

Acronychia launifolia Blume: branch with flowers and fruit, separate flowers and fruit and cross-section of fruit with seeds. Coloured line engraving.

Pride-of-India, queen flower or pyinma (Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.): flowering branch with numbered sections of flowers. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

Ornamental trees

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A lakeside village scene with lombardy poplar trees (Populus nigra cv. Italica) growing by the water's edge. Lithograph after G. Barnard, 1848.

Pride-of-India, queen flower or pyinma (Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.): branch with leaves and flowers.

Allophylus cobbe (L.) Räusch.: branch with flowers and fruit and separate flowers, sectioned fruit and seed. Coloured line engraving.

Acronychia launifolia Blume: branch with flowers and fruit, separate flowers and fruit and cross-section of fruit with seeds. Coloured line engraving.

Pride-of-India, queen flower or pyinma (Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.): flowering branch with numbered sections of flowers. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

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