A select collection of one hundred plates: consisting of the most beautiful, exotic and British flowers which blow in our English gardens: accurately drawn and coloured from nature, with their botanic characters, and a short account of their cultivation, their uses in medicine, with the Latin and English names
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Edwards, John, b. 1742
A select collection of one hundred plates: consisting of the most beautiful, exotic and British flowers which blow in our English gardens: accurately drawn and coloured from nature, with their botanic characters, and a short account of their cultivation, their uses in medicine, with the Latin and English names
Printed for S. Hooper, No. 25, Ludgate-Hill, 1775
[2], 50, [2] p., 100 pl. (col.) : ill. ; 43 cm.
URL to cite for this work: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/DLDecArts.EdwardsHerbal
Contents
[Common German, or wild flower-de-luce; Common marshmallow], pp. Plate 1-2
[Common nightshade of the shops; Common provence rose bud], pp. 2-Plate 4 ff.
[Common or garden feverfew; Narrow leaved lungwort with a blue flower], pp. Plate 5-4
[Common red field poppy; Larger provence rose], pp. 4-Pl 8 ff.
[Convolvulus minor; Chelidonium pilenvort], pp. Plate 9-6
[Broad leav'd garden anemone; The apple tree blossom], pp. 6-Plate 12 ff.
[Thymelcea with a deciduous bay leaf, or female laureola; the Primrose], pp. Plate 13-7
[Dwarf elder, or ebulus; Columbine with a double inverted flower], pp. 8-Plate 16 ff.
[Greater hemlock; Tulip with a noding flower, and spear shaped leaves], pp. Plate 17-9
[Dittany with a red flower; Crown imperial], pp. 10-Plate 20 ff.
[Borage with blue flowers; Broad leav'd chickling vetch or everlasting pea], pp. Plate 21-11
[Common red sage; Carnation], pp. 12-Plate 24 ff.
[Common St. Johnswort; Wild rose with sweet scented leaves, or sweet briar], pp. Plate 25-14
[Burdock; Chickling vetch], pp. 14-Plate 28 ff.
[Common yellow tansey; Bindweed], pp. Plate 29-15
[Wild mallon; Indian nastartium with a larger leaf and flower], pp. 16-Plate 32 ff.
[Purple viscous campion with a broad smooth leaf; Greater common celandine], pp. Plate 33-17
[Eastern arsesmart with a tobacco leaf; Smaller Indian tagetes with double flowers], pp. 18-Plate 36 ff.
[Smooth sowthistle; sunflower with large jaged leaves; Creeping three coloured garden violet], pp. Plate 37-20
[Lupine], pp. 20-Plate 40 ff.
[Yellow ladies bedstraw; Dodecatheon], pp. Plate 41-21
[Broad leaved roman myrtle; Narrow leaved bitter vetch], pp. 22-Plate 44 ff.
[Sweet Canada raspberry; The scarlet flowering horse chesnut], pp. Plate 45-24
[Tinus; Common tulip], pp. 24-Plate 48 ff.
[Upright honey-suckle; Crowfoot], pp. Plate 49-25
[Wild cucumber; Eastern hyacinth], pp. 26-Plate 52 ff.
[Daffodil; Peony], pp. Plate 53-27
[Lilac; Pale wild daffodil, with a yellow cup], pp. 28-Plate 56 ff.
[Greater moonwort; Greater hairy campion with a scarlet flower], pp. Plate 57-29
[Lesser scorpion sena; Garden larkspur], pp. 30-Plate 60 ff.
[Peach tree; Strawberry with oval spear shaped, rough leaves of an oval fruit], pp. Plate 61-31
[Dwarf hoary, greater centaury with a head like a pine cone; Greater hoary stock gilliflower], pp. 32-Plate 64 ff.
[French honey suckle; Narrow leaved flower-de-luce with two coulours], pp. Plate 65-34
[The Austrian rose; Greater cornflag of Byzantium], pp. 34-Plate 68 ff.
[Stinging false acasia; Great lily with a purple saffron coloured flower], pp. Plate 69-36
[Carmine lily of Byzantium; The German honeysuckle], pp. 36-Plate 72 ff.
[Female balsamine; Mondarda], pp. Plate 73-37
[Crested amaranth; Three coloured amaranthus], pp. 38-Plate 76 ff.
[Hollyhock; Upright garden ranunculus], pp. Plate 77-39
[Garden poppy with black seeds; Common goats rue with blue flowers], pp. 40-Plate 80 ff.
[Greater narrow leav'd tobacco; Passion-flower with hand shaped entire leaves], pp. Plate 81-42
[Clove gilliflower, carnation pink; Lilac with a deep purple flower], pp. 42-Plate 84 ff.
[Starwort; Rose tree], pp. Plate 85-44
[The double variegated rose; Greater centaury knapweed], pp. 44-Plate 88 ff.
[Rhubarb with smooth heart-shap'd leaves and obtuse spikes of flowers; The male orchis with spotted leaves], pp. Plate 89-45
[The strawberry tree; Tallest magnolia with a very white flower], pp. 46-Plate 92 ff.
[Wind flower; Bear ear, or auricula], pp. Plate 93-47
[Cyclamen; The jasmine, or fessamine tree], pp. 48-Plate 96 ff.
[Common peach tree with double flowers; Rhubarb with pointed hand shaped leaves], pp. Plate 97-49
[St. John's wort; Free rock-rose with a double crenated leaf], pp. 50-Plate 100 ff.
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