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Geraniaceae

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Images about Geraniaceae

24 images from works
  • 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.
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Works from the collections

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

    | Date: 1 February 1789 | Reference: 25812i
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    A flowering pelargonium plant (Pelargonium Lòrd Derby'). Coloured zincograph by J. Andrews.

    Andrews, James, active 1830-1861. | Reference: 28036i
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    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.

    Maberly, John. | Date: 1897
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    A bunch of flowering geraniums and sweet peas. Coloured lithograph by E. Champin, ca. 1850.

    Champin, Elisa-Honorine, -1871. | Date: 1850 | Reference: 27102i
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    A pelargonium (Pelargonium glaucum): flowering stem. Coloured engraving, c. 1806, after H. Andrews.

    Andrews, Henry Charles, active 1799-1828. | Date: 1806 | Reference: 25594i
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Related topics

Botany
Plants, Ornamental
Plants, Cultivated
Plants
Geranium
Flowers
Pelargoniums
Horticulture
House plants
Botanical gardens

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