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Long-stalked cranesbill (Geranium columbinum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.

Two flowers from different varieties of pelargonium (Pelargonium species). Coloured lithograph.

Nine species of native Australian flowers. Coloured lithograph by G. F. Angas, c. 1846, after himself.

Stork's bill (Erodium ciconium): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

An ornamental geranium (Geranium species): flowering stem. Watercolour.

Flowers, fruit and leaves of five plants, including Calotropis, Viscum and Zella species. Coloured lithograph, c. 1820, after G. Belzoni.

Stork's bill (Erodium moschatum): flowering and fruiting stem with separate seedling and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

Three flowers from different varieties of pelargonium (Pelargonium species). Coloured engraving by D. Hayes, 1842, after A. Penley.

A double-flowered geranium (Geranium species) Chromolithograph, c. 1870, after H. Briscoe.

A flowering pelargonium plant (Pelargonium T̀he Baron'). Coloured zincograph by J. Andrews.

Four flowering plants, one possibly a pink (Dianthus species) and one a Geranium species. Watercolour, c. 1870.

A plant (Monsonia speciosa): flowering stem and leaf Coloured engraving, c. 1789.

A flowering pelargonium plant (Pelargonium Lòrd Derby'). Coloured zincograph by J. Andrews.

Dysentery and its treatment : with an account of six years' experience in the Transvaal and Matabeleland in the use of some varieties of monsonia as the curative agent / by John Maberly.

A bunch of flowering geraniums and sweet peas. Coloured lithograph by E. Champin, ca. 1850.

A pelargonium (Pelargonium glaucum): flowering stem. Coloured engraving, c. 1806, after H. Andrews.

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Geraniaceae

Images from the collections

Images referencing Geraniaceae

Works from the collections

A plant (Monsonia speciosa): flowering stem and leaf Coloured engraving, c. 1789.

A flowering pelargonium plant (Pelargonium Lòrd Derby'). Coloured zincograph by J. Andrews.

Dysentery and its treatment : with an account of six years' experience in the Transvaal and Matabeleland in the use of some varieties of monsonia as the curative agent / by John Maberly.

A bunch of flowering geraniums and sweet peas. Coloured lithograph by E. Champin, ca. 1850.

A pelargonium (Pelargonium glaucum): flowering stem. Coloured engraving, c. 1806, after H. Andrews.

Geraniaceae

Images from the collections

Images referencing Geraniaceae

Works from the collections

A plant (Monsonia speciosa): flowering stem and leaf Coloured engraving, c. 1789.

A flowering pelargonium plant (Pelargonium Lòrd Derby'). Coloured zincograph by J. Andrews.

Dysentery and its treatment : with an account of six years' experience in the Transvaal and Matabeleland in the use of some varieties of monsonia as the curative agent / by John Maberly.

A bunch of flowering geraniums and sweet peas. Coloured lithograph by E. Champin, ca. 1850.

A pelargonium (Pelargonium glaucum): flowering stem. Coloured engraving, c. 1806, after H. Andrews.

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