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Rose camellia, Camellia japonica
5856363 Rose camellia, Camellia japonica; (add.info.: Rose camellia, Camellia japonica, with crimson flower and dark green foliage)

Dark-coloured catchfly, Silene ornata
5856355 Dark-coloured catchfly, Silene ornata; (add.info.: Dark-coloured crimson catchfly, Silene ornata. Illustration by Henrietta Moriarty from "Fifty Plates of Greenhouse Plants" (1807)

Water arum, Calla palustris
5856350 Water arum, Calla palustris; (add.info.: White water arum (marsh bastard arum, dragon lily), Calla palustris, White flower shown cut above two large, flat, heart-shaped, dark-green leaves

Fiddle-leaved physic nut, Satropha panduraefolia
5856389 Fiddle-leaved physic nut, Satropha panduraefolia; (add.info.: Fiddle-leaved physic nut, Satropha panduraefolia, with orange flowers from the West Indies)

Spiral-flowered moraea, Moraea spiralis
5856382 Spiral-flowered moraea, Moraea spiralis; (add.info.: Spiral-flowered moraea, Moraea spiralis, with white flowers tinged with pink)

Bucks-horn lobelia, Lobelia coronopifolia
5856377 Bucks-horn lobelia, Lobelia coronopifolia; (add.info.: Bucks-horn lobelia, Lobelia coronopifolia, with indigo flowers and blue foliage)

Saffron-coloured ixia, Ixia crocata
5856374 Saffron-coloured ixia, Ixia crocata; (add.info.: Saffron-coloured ixia, Ixia crocata, with bright orange flowers. Illustration by Henrietta Moriarty from "Fifty Plates of Greenhouse)

Rigid-leaved gorteria, Gorteria rigens
5856369 Rigid-leaved gorteria, Gorteria rigens; (add.info.: Rigid-leaved gorteria, Gorteria rigens, with vivid orange flower. Native to the Cape, South Africa)

Cotinus-leaved dais, Dais cotinifolia
5856366 Cotinus-leaved dais, Dais cotinifolia; (add.info.: Cotinus-leaved dais, Dais cotinifolia, with delicate pale lilac flowers. Shrub from the Cape, South Africa)

Indian chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum indicum
5856365 Indian chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum indicum; (add.info.: Indian chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum indicum, with crimson flower)

Persian cyclamen, Cyclamen persicum
5856358 Persian cyclamen, Cyclamen persicum; (add.info.: Persian or florist's cyclamen, Cyclamen persicum, pink and white flowers and purple underside leaves)

Creeping cereus, Cactus flagelliformis
5856357 Creeping cereus, Cactus flagelliformis; (add.info.: Creeping cereus, Cactus flagelliformis, with vivid crimson flower)

Round-headed buddleia, Buddleia globosa
5856352 Round-headed buddleia, Buddleia globosa; (add.info.: Round-headed buddleia or orange-eye butterfly bush, Buddleia globosa, with round orange flowers)

Blue lily or Agapanthus umbellatus africanus
5856347 Blue lily or Agapanthus umbellatus africanus; (add.info.: A sky-blue agapanthus lily flower shown in full bloom in the top of the page)

Shining-leaved sage, Salvia formosa
5856393 Shining-leaved sage, Salvia formosa; (add.info.: Shining-leaved sage, Salvia formosa, with scarlet flowers from Peru)

Winged-podded sophora, Sophora tetraptera
5856390 Winged-podded sophora, Sophora tetraptera; (add.info.: Winged-podded sophora, Sophora tetraptera, with pale green flowers)

Bastard foxglove, Maurandya semper florens
5856381 Bastard foxglove, Maurandya semper florens; (add.info.: Climbing maurandya or Bastard foxglove, Maurandya semper florens, with pale lilac flowers)

Received heath, Erica retorta
5856371 Received heath, Erica retorta; (add.info.: Received heath, Erica retorta, with pale pink flowers. Illustration by Henrietta Moriarty from "Fifty Plates of Greenhouse Plants" (1807)

Ivy-leaved geranium, Geranium pettatum
5856368 Ivy-leaved geranium, Geranium pettatum; (add.info.: Ivy-leaved geranium, Geranium pettatum, with pale lilac and pink flowers)

Snow-white cornflag, Gladiolus blandus (var. B)
5856364 Snow-white cornflag, Gladiolus blandus (var. B); (add.info.: Snow-white cornflag, Gladiolus blandus (var. B), with white flowers tinged with pink and yellow

Day-smelling or sea-green coronilla, Coronilla glauca
5856359 Day-smelling or sea-green coronilla, Coronilla glauca; (add.info.: Day-smelling or sea-green coronilla, Coronilla glauca, yellow flowered shrub with evergreen foliage)

Rose vervain, Verbena aubletia
5856395 Rose vervain, Verbena aubletia; (add.info.: Rose vervain, Verbena aubletia, with small purple flowers. Illustration by Henrietta Moriarty from "Fifty Plates of Greenhouse Plants")

Heart-leaved protea, Protea cordifolia
5856385 Heart-leaved protea, Protea cordifolia; (add.info.: Heart-leaved protea, Protea cordifolia, with large pink and green flowers, and crimson edged foliage and stalk)

Purple magnolia, Magnolia purpurea
5856379 Purple magnolia, Magnolia purpurea; (add.info.: Purple magnolia, Magnolia purpurea, with large purple and white flowers. A native of China)

Green-stained ixia, Ixia crocata
5856373 Green-stained ixia, Ixia crocata; (add.info.: Green-stained ixia, Ixia crocata, with unique turquoise green and blue flowers)

Yellow-flowered geissorphiza, Geissorphiza obtusata
5856370 Yellow-flowered geissorphiza, Geissorphiza obtusata; (add.info.: Yellow-flowered geissorphiza, Geissorphiza obtusata, with pale white, pink and yellow flowers)

Partridge-breast aloe, Aloe variegata
5856349 Partridge-breast aloe, Aloe variegata; (add.info.: Partridge-breast aloe, Aloe variegata, succulent plant with tall stalk bearing pink and scarlet drooping flowers)

Cape Aitonia, Aitonia capensis
5856348 Cape Aitonia, Aitonia capensis; (add.info.: A branch of Cape aitonia, Aitonia capensis, with many curly leaves and pale pink flowers, and a large pink angular berry at its base)

Large-flowered monsonia, Monsonia speciosa
5856378 Large-flowered monsonia, Monsonia speciosa; (add.info.: Large-flowered monsonia, Monsonia speciosa, with large pink flowers. A native of the Cape, South Africa)

Barbadoes lily, Amaryllis equestris
5856376 Barbadoes lily, Amaryllis equestris; (add.info.: Barbados lily, Amaryllis equestris, with deep crimson flower and dark foliage)

Bladder senna, Colutea frutescens
5856353 Bladder senna, Colutea frutescens; (add.info.: Bladder senna, Colutea frutescens, with bright orange and yellow flowers, vivid green small pinnately compound leaves)

Common Indian reed, Canna indica
5856392 Common Indian reed, Canna indica; (add.info.: Common Indian reed or shot, Canna indica, with vivid scarlet and yellow flowers, a native of Asia, Africa and America)

Dwarf pomegranate tree, Punica nana
5856387 Dwarf pomegranate tree, Punica nana; (add.info.: Dwarf pomegranate tree, Punica nana, with crimson flowers. Illustration by Henrietta Moriarty from "Fifty Plates of Greenhouse)

Scarlet-flowered crassula, Crassula coccinea
5856354 Scarlet-flowered crassula, Crassula coccinea; (add.info.: Scarlet-flowered crassula, Crassula coccinea, from the Cape, South Africa)

Egyptian bindweed, Convolvulus cairicus
5856351 Egyptian bindweed, Convolvulus cairicus; (add.info.: Egyptian bindweed or mile-a-minute vine, Convolvulus cairicus, with deep blue flowers and dark green foliage)

Blue sophora, Sophora australis
5856391 Blue sophora, Sophora australis; (add.info.: Blue sophora, Sophora australis, with pale blue flowers from Asia and America)

Black-flowered protea, Protea lepidocarpon
5856384 Black-flowered protea, Protea lepidocarpon; (add.info.: Black-flowered protea, Protea lepidocarpon, with large hairy dingy flowers and pink veined leaves)

Panicled wachendorfia, Wachendorfia paniculata
5856396 Panicled wachendorfia, Wachendorfia paniculata; (add.info.: Panicled wachendorfia, Wachendorfia paniculata, with yellow and orange flowers)

African sparmannia, Sparmannia africana
5856394 African sparmannia, Sparmannia africana; (add.info.: African sparmannia, Sparmannia africana, with white flowers from the Cape)

Creeping phlox, Phlox stolonifera
5856388 Creeping phlox, Phlox stolonifera; (add.info.: Creeping phlox, Phlox stolonifera, with vivid blue flowers. Illustration by Henrietta Moriarty from "Fifty Plates of Greenhouse)

Neapolitan mezereon, Daphne collina
5856383 Neapolitan mezereon, Daphne collina; (add.info.: Neapolitan mezereon, Daphne collina, with small purple flowers. Illustration by Henrietta Moriarty from "Fifty Plates of Greenhouse)

Whorled-leaved mimosa, Mimosa verticillata
5856380 Whorled-leaved mimosa, Mimosa verticillata; (add.info.: Whorled-leaved mimosa, Mimosa verticillata with yellow flowers and starry foliage)

Superb hibiscus, Hibiscus speciosus
5856372 Superb hibiscus, Hibiscus speciosus; (add.info.: Superb hibiscus, Hibiscus speciosus, with large crimson flower. Native to Carolina, America)

Scarlet fuchsia, Fuchsia coccinea
5856367 Scarlet fuchsia, Fuchsia coccinea; (add.info.: Scarlet fuchsia, Fuchsia coccinea, with vivid scarlet and purple flowers)

Caper shrub, Capparis spinosa
5856362 Caper shrub, Capparis spinosa; (add.info.: Caper shrub, Capparis spinosa, with white flowers, pink stamen and stalks, heart-shaped leaves)

Cross-leaved chironia, Chironia decussata
5856361 Cross-leaved chironia, Chironia decussata; (add.info.: Cross-leaved chironia, Chironia decussata, with scarlet flowers and furry leaves)

Silky-leaved convolvulus, Convolvulus althacoides
5856360 Silky-leaved convolvulus, Convolvulus althacoides; (add.info.: Silky-leaved convolvulus, Convolvulus althacoides, with pink flowers and downy, silvery foliage)

Three-flowered Crotalaria, Crotalaria triflora
5856356 Three-flowered Crotalaria, Crotalaria triflora; (add.info.: Three-flowered Crotalaria, Crotalaria triflora, with bright yellow flowers)

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