Antique
Illustrations of Nymphaea
Circa 1830 - 1860

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Nymphaea alba
Baxter's British Flowering Plants 1838

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"Nymphea pygmea"
Benjamin Maund's Botanic Garden 1825-1851

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Nymphaea reniformis
Benjamin Delessert
from Icones selectae plantarum quas in systemate universali . . . Volume 2 of 5 1829-46

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Nymphaea stellata
L. Stroobant
Chromolithograph by finished by hand
from: Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe Gand, L. van Houtte, 1852-1853.
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Nymphaea scutifolia
Hand-coloured lithograph by L. Stroobant
from Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe
Gand, L. van Houtte, 1850-1851

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Nymphaea blanda (Nymphaea amazonum)
Chromolithograph
from Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe
Gand, L. van Houtte 1856
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 Today's Nomenclature

Nymphea pygmea =
Nymphaea pygmaea

N. reniformis =
N. odorata subsp. odorata

N. stellata =
N. nouchali

N. scutifolia =
N. capensis

N. blanda/amazonum =
N. amazonum subsp. amazonum

Page 1 - Circa 1500 - 1800 | Page 2 - Circa 1800 - 1830 | Page 3 - Circa 1830 - 1870
The First Hybrids & Their Parents - Circa 1850-1860 | Page 4 - Circa 1870-1920
The Next Hybrids & Their Parents Circa 1870-1910 | Plates From Conard's The Waterlilies 1905
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