Tag: Charles Lemaire

Flower pictures from the greenhouses and gardens of Europe. Imagery from Charles Lemaire’s “Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe . .”Published in several volumes between 1845 and 1871, it was edited by Louis van Houtte who was a Belgian horticulturalist.

Dendrobium and Densiflorum: Bootan; Serre tempérée. Page 21 of Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l’Europe. Charles Lemaire, author. Louis van Houtte, editor. Collections of the New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/floredesserreset1418591861lema/page/n21/mode/1up
Solanum Texanum: Texas; Plein Air. Page 31 of Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l’Europe. Charles Lemaire, author. Louis van Houtte, editor. Collections of the New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/floredesserreset1418591861lema/page/n31/mode/1up
Camellia Bicolore de la Reine. (D. Vervaene). Page 39 of Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l’Europe. Charles Lemaire, author. Louis van Houtte, editor. Collections of the New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/floredesserreset1418591861lema/page/n39/mode/1up
Dahlia: Jupiter (Rawlings). Page 61 of Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l’Europe. Charles Lemaire, author. Louis van Houtte, editor. Collections of the New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/floredesserreset1418591861lema/page/n61/mode/1up
Salvia Roezli – Salvia Dielytroides: Mexique Serre tempérée. Page 67 of Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l’Europe. Charles Lemaire, author. Louis van Houtte, editor. Collections of the New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/floredesserreset1418591861lema/page/n67/mode/1up
Philodendron Eurebescens. Page 79 of Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l’Europe. Charles Lemaire, author. Louis van Houtte, editor. Collections of the New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/floredesserreset1418591861lema/page/n79/mode/1up
Amaryllis – Belladonna variety Rubra: Amaryllis Mutabilis; Speciona Purpurea; Serre Versailles; Serre froide. Page 105 of Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l’Europe. Charles Lemaire, author. Louis van Houtte, editor. Collections of the New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/floredesserreset1418591861lema/page/n105/mode/1up
Musa Ensete: Abyssinie: Serre chaude. Page 123 of Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l’Europe. Charles Lemaire, author. Louis van Houtte, editor. Collections of the New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/floredesserreset1418591861lema/page/n123/mode/1up
Gloxinias: 179 – A. Bonnard; 218 F. Puig; 162 Lady Harry Vane; 170 Madame Celeste Winans. Page 207 of Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l’Europe. Charles Lemaire, author. Louis van Houtte, editor. Collections of the New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library. In the public domain due to age https://archive.org/details/floredesserreset1418591861lema/page/n207/mode/1up
Dasylirium Acrosticum: Mexique; Serre tempérée. Page 263 of Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l’Europe. Charles Lemaire, author. Louis van Houtte, editor. Collections of the New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/floredesserreset1418591861lema/page/n263/mode/1up
Jacinthe a fl. simples: Prins Albert von Preussen. Page 329 of Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l’Europe. Charles Lemaire, author. Louis van Houtte, editor. Collections of the New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/floredesserreset1418591861lema/page/n329/mode/1up
Cissus Porphyrophyllus: Serre chaude. Page 469 of Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l’Europe. Charles Lemaire, author. Louis van Houtte, editor. Collections of the New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/floredesserreset1418591861lema/page/n469/mode/1up
Pensées a Grandes Fleurs: General Williams (Dobson); Napoléon III (Miellez); Magpie (H. De May); Solferino (Miellez); Diamond (Dobson); Princesse Mathilde (Miellez). Page 500 of Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l’Europe. Charles Lemaire, author. Louis van Houtte, editor. Collections of the New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/floredesserreset1418591861lema/page/n500/mode/1up

Flower (and avocado) pictures from different volumes of “L’illustration horticole journal special des serres et des jardins” by Charles Lemaire, Jean Jules Linden, Ambroise Verschaffelt, et al which came out between 1854 and the 1890s. Part of a recent Sotheby’s Auction.

Anthurium scherzerianum: schott; variety Madame De Smet-Duvivier. Plate LXXXII from L’illustration Horticole. Image © 2021 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/fine-books-and-manuscripts-including-americana-part-2/lemaire-charles-jean-jules-linden-ambroise

Chrysanthemes d’automne (varieties nouvelles): 1. Jane; 2. Admiral Sir Thomas Symons; 3. Lady Randolph Churchill. Plate LXXXIII from L’illustration Horticole. Image © 2021 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/fine-books-and-manuscripts-including-americana-part-2/lemaire-charles-jean-jules-linden-ambroise

Anthurium scherzerianum: schott; variety Madame De La Devansaye. Plate LXXXIX from L’illustration Horticole. Image © 2021 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/fine-books-and-manuscripts-including-americana-part-2/lemaire-charles-jean-jules-linden-ambroise

Persea Gratissma Gaern. (Avocado) Plate LXXV from L’illustration Horticole. Image © 2021 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/fine-books-and-manuscripts-including-americana-part-2/lemaire-charles-jean-jules-linden-ambroise