Caption:
Elegant zinnia, Zinnia elegans. Native of Mexico, raised from seeds brought from Palermo by William Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire. Violet-coloured zinnia, scarlet variety, Zinnia violacea coccinea. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and engraved by Frederick William Smith from Joseph Paxtons Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants, Volume 1, Orr and Smith, London, 1834.