A SET OF TWELVE BERLIN (K.P.M.) PLATES, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Iris Susiana

Otherwise known as the Chalcedonian or mourning iris, see Linneus, Species Plantarum 1 : 38

Iris Florentina

Common names include: Florentine Iris', 'Florentine Flag','Glaive lily', 'White German Iris', and 'White Flower De Luce. It was first published and described by Carl Linnaeus, in Systema Naturae Edition 10, Issue2 on p. 863 on 7 June 1759, as Iris florentina

Pyrus Spectabilis Chine

Known as the Chinese Apple Tree and thought to have been introduced to Europe in the 18th century and regarded as one of the most beautiful trees of an ornamental plantation. It was first published by Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen in his book Theorisch-praktisches Handbuch der Forstbotanik und Forsttechnologie, 1803

Clethra Arborea

Somet.mes s known as the lily-of-the-valley tree, it is a native of the Azores and Madeira

Kennedia Rubicundae

Its common name is the Dusky Coral Pea, it is a native of eastern Australia. It was first published in 1793 by Dutch botanist, George Voorhelm Schneevoogt under the later rejected name of Glycine rubicunda (Dingy-flowered Glycine) in Icones Plantarum Rariorum. In 1804 it was published under its current name by French botanist Étienne Pierre Ventenat in Jardin de la Malmaison

Rhexia Sarmentosa

First recorded by French explorer and botanist Aimé Bonpland and Prussian polymath Alexander von Humboldt during their five year exploration of South America (1799-1804)

Nymphoea Coereulea

Somet.mes s known as the Blue Egyptian lotus, it, along with the white variety is depicted in ancient Egyptian art and owing to its mildly sedative effects may be the plant consumed by the lotophagi or Lotus Eaters in Homer’s Odyssey

Hibiscus Heterophyllus

Known as Native Rosella, is endemic to rainforest areas of Eastern Australia.

Hypericum Pyramidatum 

Commonly known as Great St John’s Wort, it is found in North America and Asia

Lavatera Phoenicea

Today this tree mallow is known as the Salmon-red Canary Shrub Mallow, reflecting its origins in Tenerife

Amaryllis Atamasco

This `rain-lily` was named by Linneus in his second edition of Species Plantarum using the Native American `Atamasco`, it was re-categorised by William Herbert in 1821 retaining this later spelling.

Cypripedium Calceolus

Known as `Lady’s Slipper` orchid, its name derives from the Greek, literally Venus’s foot and the Latin `calceolus` for a small shoe. This is the largest variety of orchid in Europe.