Iris Ejo-No-Kagari John Curtis

Iris Ejo-No-Kagari John CurtisColour woodblock print of Iris Ejo No Kagari from the catalogue of a Yokohama nursery which specialised in Iris kaempferi. The Yokohama nurseries supplied catalogues of plants for sale overseas. There is evidence to suggest that towards the end of the 19th Century they began to trade collectively as one company.

Watercolour of 'Lilas varin' (Syringa × chinensis) taken from volume II of 'Flore du désert: receuil des fleurs odorantes dans un coin consacré à une amie'

Watercolour on paper by an unidentified Chinese artist depicting a White Eye feeding on Prunus blossom

Watercolour of Lilium speciosum (showy Japanese lily) by Caroline Maria Applebee painted c

Watercolour on paper of Tagetes (marigold) from an album titled 'Flores a Petro Holsteyn ad vivum depicti' by the artist Pieter Holsteyn

Watercolour of Narcissus × odorus (sweet-scented jonquil) by Sydenham Teast Edwards

The publication in two volumes 'containing coloured figures and descriptions of the most esteemed kinds of apples and pears' was edited by Henry Graves

Watercolour of 'Laurier triomphal' (Laurus nobilis) taken from volume II of 'Flore du désert: receuil des fleurs odorantes dans un coin consacré à une amie'

French and Russian

Watercolour on rice paper of plant identified as Lycoris aurea (Spider lily

This painting forms the centre of a triptych of images that join to form one larger picture

Colour plate depicting Linnaean classification dated 1803 published by Samuel Curtis

blossom and leaves