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China rose or Shoe flower (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.): flowering shoot. Coloured line engraving.

A coal tit on the flowering branch of an Hibiscus plant. Watercolour.

Ten flowering plants, including two orchids and an Hibiscus species. Coloured transfer lithograph, c. 1833.

An hibiscus flower (Hibiscus arnottianus): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1887, by Leighton Brothers after I. Sinclair.

A plant (Hibiscus aculeatus Roxb.) related to China rose: branch with flowers and separate flower, fruits and seeds. Coloured line engraving.

Rose-of-Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus): flowering stem. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).

A mallow plant (Hibiscus species): fruiting stem in two sections. Watercolour.

China rose or Shoe flower (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flower, dissected fruit and seeds. Coloured line engraving.

Five types of hibiscus plant (Hibiscus species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph.

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Hibiscus

Images from the collections

Images referencing Hibiscus

Works from the collections

A coal tit on the flowering branch of an Hibiscus plant. Watercolour.

Ten flowering plants, including two orchids and an Hibiscus species. Coloured transfer lithograph, c. 1833.

China rose or Shoe flower (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flower, dissected fruit and seeds. Coloured line engraving.

Five types of hibiscus plant (Hibiscus species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph.

Rose-of-Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus): flowering stem. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).

Hibiscus

Images from the collections

Images referencing Hibiscus

Works from the collections

A coal tit on the flowering branch of an Hibiscus plant. Watercolour.

Ten flowering plants, including two orchids and an Hibiscus species. Coloured transfer lithograph, c. 1833.

China rose or Shoe flower (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flower, dissected fruit and seeds. Coloured line engraving.

Five types of hibiscus plant (Hibiscus species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph.

Rose-of-Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus): flowering stem. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).

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