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Crepe ginger, Cheilocostus speciosus or Hellenia speciosa. Native to the East Indies (southeast Asia), and introduced via William Rollisson's Tooting nursery. Showy costus, Costus speciosus. Handcoloured engraving from Joseph Paxtons Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants, Volume 4, Orr and Smith, London, 1837.
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Caption:
Crepe ginger, Cheilocostus speciosus or Hellenia speciosa. Native to the East Indies (southeast Asia), and introduced via William Rollisson's Tooting nursery. Showy costus, Costus speciosus. Handcoloured engraving from Joseph Paxtons Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants, Volume 4, Orr and Smith, London, 1837.
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Album / Florilegius
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Image size:
4594 x 7182 px | 94.4 MB
Print size:
38.9 x 60.8 cm | 15.3 x 23.9 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1837 • BLOOM • BLOSSOM • BOTANICAL ART • BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION • BOTANICAL • BOTANY • BOTANY • BOTANY • CHEILOCOSTUS SPECIOSUS • CITY OF LONDON • COSTUS SPECIOSUS • COURTYARD • CREPE GINGER • DIAGRAM • EAST INDIES • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • EXPLORATION • FLORAL • FLOWER • FLOWERS • GARDEN • GARDENING • HANDCOLOURED • HELLENIA SPECIOSA • JOSEPH PAXTON • LONDON • MAGAZINE OF BOTANY • NURSERY • ORR AND SMITH • PARK • PATIO • PLANT HUNTER • PLANT • PLANTA • PLANTAE • PLANTS • PRINT • REGISTER OF FLOWERING PLANTS • SHOWY COSTUS • SOUTHEAST ASIA • TOOTING NURSERY • VICTORIAN ERA • VICTORIAN • VOLUME 4 • WILLIAM ROLLISSON • YARD
