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Image number: RS.17636
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Aniseed boronia
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 Aniseed boronia Boronia crenulata here referred to as the Crenated Boronia. The plant is native to Western Australia. The plate shows flowers and leaves.
Plate 12 from Edwards’s botanical register…edited by John Lindley, new series v.1, (London, James Ridgway and Sons, 1838). The plate is inscribed ‘P.12’ above; and below ‘Miss Drake Delt. Pubd. by J. Ridgway, Piccadilly March 1838.’
In the associated text, the author states that this plant: ‘Is a native of King George’s Sound, where it was found by Mr. Menzies so long since as during the voyage of Vancouver, and from specimens then obtained it was first described by Sir James South…the plant from which the accompanying drawing was taken flowered with Messrs. Loddiges last June.’
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.
Plate 12 from Edwards’s botanical register…edited by John Lindley, new series v.1, (London, James Ridgway and Sons, 1838). The plate is inscribed ‘P.12’ above; and below ‘Miss Drake Delt. Pubd. by J. Ridgway, Piccadilly March 1838.’
In the associated text, the author states that this plant: ‘Is a native of King George’s Sound, where it was found by Mr. Menzies so long since as during the voyage of Vancouver, and from specimens then obtained it was first described by Sir James South…the plant from which the accompanying drawing was taken flowered with Messrs. Loddiges last June.’
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.
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