Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.17633
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Fragrant waitzia
Date
1838
Creator
S Watts (British) , Engraver
After
Sarah Anne Drake (1803 - 1857, British) , Illustrator
Object type
Library reference
49461
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 247mm
width (print): 150mm
width (print): 150mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Botanical study of the Fragrant waitzia, Waitzia suaveolens, here referred to as the Snow-white morna, Morna nivea. The plant is native to Australia. The plate shows flowers and leaves, with three sectional details.
Plate 9 from Edwards’s botanical register…edited by John Lindley, new series v.1, (London, James Ridgway and Sons, 1838). The plate is inscribed ‘P.9’ above; and below ‘Miss Drake Delt. Pubd. by J. Ridgway, Piccadilly Feby.1 1838.’
In the associated text, the author states that this is: ‘Another annual flower raised from Swan River seeds in the garden of Robert Mangles, Esq., of Sunning Hill.’
John Lindley (1799-1865) British botanist and horticulturalist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1828.
Sarah Anne Drake (1803-1857), British botanical artist, was a long-term associate of the Lindley family and a prolific illustrator for James Lindley.
Digital scan of a print of a Snow-white morna flower.
Plate 9 from Edwards’s botanical register…edited by John Lindley, new series v.1, (London, James Ridgway and Sons, 1838). The plate is inscribed ‘P.9’ above; and below ‘Miss Drake Delt. Pubd. by J. Ridgway, Piccadilly Feby.1 1838.’
In the associated text, the author states that this is: ‘Another annual flower raised from Swan River seeds in the garden of Robert Mangles, Esq., of Sunning Hill.’
John Lindley (1799-1865) British botanist and horticulturalist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1828.
Sarah Anne Drake (1803-1857), British botanical artist, was a long-term associate of the Lindley family and a prolific illustrator for James Lindley.
Digital scan of a print of a Snow-white morna flower.
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