EditorialBigleaf hydrangea, Hydrangea macrophylla (Hydrangea hortensia). Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896.
EditorialBigleaf periwinkle, large periwinkle or blue periwinkle, Vinca major. Handcoloured stipple engraving by Duruisseau after an illustration by Pierre-Joseph Redoute from Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau's Traite des Arbres et Arbustes, Paris, 1804-1819.
EditorialBigleaf magnolia, Magnolia macrophylla. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after an illustration by John Curtis from Samuel Curtis' Botanical Magazine, London, 1821.
EditorialBigleaf snowbell or storax, Styrax grandifolium. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke after Thomas Shotter Boys from Conrad Loddiges' Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1825.
EditorialBigleaf snowbell or storax, Styrax grandifolium. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke after Thomas Shotter Boys from Conrad Loddiges' Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1825.
EditorialBigleaf hydrangea, Hydrangea macrophylla (Hydrangea otaksa). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1867-1868.
EditorialBigleaf or large-leaved magnolia, Magnolia macrophylla. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a drawing by John Curtis for Samuel Curtis' continuation of William Curtis' Botanical Magazine, London, 1820.
EditorialGaku ajisai or bigleaf hydrangea, Hydrangea macrophylla. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1900.