Antique
Illustrations of Nymphaea
Circa 1870-1920

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Water Lily
Foster, Common Wayside Flowers 1873
Original color wood engraving
Image from printspast.com

Nymphaea stellata zanzibariensis
Revue Horticole, Paris, 1897
Image from Shigitatsu



 
 

Wit näckros -
Nymphaea candida
Bilder ur Nordens Flora, 1901 to 1905
Carl Axel Magnus Lindman

Image from Kurt Stüber
© Dr. Gerhard Keuck, 1999


 
 Nymphaea gigantea
Giant Blue Waterlily
Elis Rowan 1911
From the collection of the Queensland Museum

Image from
Australian National Botanic Gardens

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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