Epipactis latifoliaHelleborine with purple flowers. 鈥楢 native of the cool shady mountain woods throughout Europe. It flowers in the summer; the stem is usually a foot or rather more in height: the blossoms are curious; and have a dingy appearance.'Drawn and engraved by G. Cooke. Conrad Loddiges and Sons published an illustrated catalogue of the nursery's plants entitled the Botanical Cabinet. The monthly magazine featured 10 hand-coloured illustrations and ran from 1817 to 1833 to total 2;000 plates. The publication introduced many exquisite camellias from China; exotic orchids and lilies from the New World; and about 100 varieties of heaths from South Africa; which were currently in vogue. (The Victorian era saw a series of manias for flowers - from roses and camellias to heaths; ferns and orchids.)Most of the plates were drawn by the author George Loddiges and local engraver George Cooke (1781~1834). The others were drawn by Loddiges' daughter Jane and his brother William; Cooke's brother William and his son Edward (who became a leading Victorian artist); apprentice engravers T. Boys and William Miller (who later became principal engraver to the artist J.M.W. Turner) and Miss Rebello. All the plates were engraved on copper by George Cooke.