Within Australia
All orders ship freewithin Australia
Rest of the World
Orders over A$300
ship free worldwide
C1849
1 Callistemon macrostachyum 2 Angophora cordifolia…
Artist:
Scarce, c.19th hand colored lithograph of Australian native plants by Henry Noel Humphreys after an illustration by Jane Loudon. 1. Common name: Scarlet kunzea Modern binomial name: Kunzea baxteri First described: Klotzsch, 1836 Distribution: WA southwest 2. Aboriginal … Read Full Description
$A 195
S/N: LTLFG-BOT-AA-030–497045
(C086/C087)
Free Shipping
See Shipping page for Terms & Conditions
Details
Full Title:
1 Callistemon macrostachyum 2 Angophora cordifolia 3 Metrosideros speciosa
Date:
C1849
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
170mm
x 240mm
Paper Size:
233mm
x 296mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1849
Description:
Scarce, c.19th hand colored lithograph of Australian native plants by Henry Noel Humphreys after an illustration by Jane Loudon.
1.
Common name: Scarlet kunzea
Modern binomial name: Kunzea baxteri
First described: Klotzsch, 1836
Distribution: WA southwest
2.
Aboriginal name: Banda, in Cadigal
Common names: Dwarf Apple, Scrub Apple.
Modern binomial name: Angophora hispida
First described: James Edward Smith, 1797
Distribution: NSW (Only found only in the Sydney Basin, as far south as O’Hares Creek off the Georges River.)
3.
Common name: Albany bottlebrush
Modern bonomial names: Callistemon glaucus (D.C.) Sweet / Callistemon speciosus (Sims) Sweet
First described: Robert Sweet 1830 (First formally described in 1815 by Bonpland as Metrosideros glauca however the description was not validly published.
Distribution Southwest Western Australia
From: Mrs. Jane Loudon, Ladies Flower Garden or Ornamental Greenhouse Plants, London 1849.
Jane Loudon (1807 - 1858)
British botanical writer and illustrator whose popular gardening manuals played a significant role in shaping nineteenth-century domestic horticulture. Though not formally trained as a botanical artist, she became widely known for her clear, accessible texts accompanied by hand-coloured lithographic plates intended for amateur gardeners, especially women. Born Jane Webb in Birmingham, she first gained attention as a writer of imaginative fiction before turning to horticulture. Her interest in botany developed after reading the works of the landscape gardener and horticultural reformer John Claudius Loudon, whom she later married in 1831. Under his encouragement she began writing practical gardening books aimed at a growing middle-class readership eager to cultivate ornamental plants in gardens, conservatories, and greenhouses. Her most influential works include The Ladies’ Flower-Garden of Ornamental Greenhouse Plants (1848), The Ladies’ Flower-Garden of Ornamental Annuals (1840), and related volumes.
