Tag: flowers in art

Dreaming the blizzard away. 1928 flower pictures from the “Sutherland Garden handbook” which was published by the Sutherland Landscape and Nursery Company of Boulder, Colorado. Collections of the Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection, National Agricultural Library.

THE SUTHERLAND GARDEN HANDBOOK: Garden of Doctor John M. Foster, Denver. Made with “Sutherland” plants.Twenty-two acres of Hardy flowers, Evergreens, Shrubs, Trees, Vines, and Roses. from The Sutherland Landscape and Nursery Company, BOULDER, COLORADO. Front cover, image 3 of The Sutherland Garden Handbook. Published in 1928 by the Sutherland Landscape and Nursery Company, Boulder Colorado. Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection, National Agricultural Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/CAT31328763/page/n2/mode/1up
The Fragrant Blue Phlox – Like a glimpse of the “woods.” See Page 18. Page 1, Image 5 of The Sutherland Garden Handbook. Published in 1928 by the Sutherland Landscape and Nursery Company, Boulder, Colorado. Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection, National Agricultural Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/CAT31328763/page/1/mode/1up
The Dainty Beltonia. Page 4, Image 8 of The Sutherland Garden Handbook. Published in 1928 by the Sutherland Landscape and Nursery Company, Boulder, Colorado. Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection, National Agricultural Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/CAT31328763/page/4/mode/1up
A Bouquet of Grass Plumes Cut for Winter Decoration (Miscanthus Sinensis). Page 8, Image 12 of The Sutherland Garden Handbook. Published in 1928 by the Sutherland Landscape and Nursery Company, Boulder, Colorado. Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection, National Agricultural Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/CAT31328763/page/8/mode/1up
Note the Dainty, Airy Grace of the Siberian Iris – Snow Queen – An Iris that is Different, and That ALL Will Like. Page 11, Image 15 of The Sutherland Garden Handbook. Published in 1928 by the Sutherland Landscape and Nursery Company, Boulder, Colorado. Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection, National Agricultural Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/CAT31328763/page/11/mode/1up
Lupine – Stately in Robes of Satin Pink. Page 14, Image 18 of The Sutherland Garden Handbook. Published in 1928 by the Sutherland Landscape and Nursery Company, Boulder, Colorado. Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection, National Agricultural Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/CAT31328763/page/14/mode/1up
Trumpet Creeper, Bignonia Grandiflora: The Most Gorgeous Flowering Vine. Page 26, Image 30 of The Sutherland Garden Handbook. Published in 1928 by the Sutherland Landscape and Nursery Company, Boulder, Colorado. Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection, National Agricultural Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/CAT31328763/page/26/mode/1up
The Great Pink Honeysuckle Flowers of the Weigela. See Page 38. Page 29, Image 33 of The Sutherland Garden Handbook. Published in 1928 by the Sutherland Landscape and Nursery Company, Boulder, Colorado. Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection, National Agricultural Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/CAT31328763/page/29/mode/1up

Start your own water garden with or without fish swimming through it. Images from the 1933 catalogue “Tropical Aquariums and Water Gardens.” Published by Beldt’s Aquarium which was located in Saint Louis, Missouri USA.

SPECIAL ORNAMENTAL PLANT COLLECTION: Philodendron, Variegated Philodendron, Japanese Evergreen, Umbrella Palms. Complete as illustrated, all four plants only $1.25. Page 29 (lower image), Tropical Aquariums and Water Gardens. Published in 1933 in Saint Louis, Missouri USA by Beldt Aquarium. Collections of the United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/CAT31340167/page/29/mode/1up
AQUARIUM PLANTS (continued). Number 1, Marestail (Hornwort); Number 2, Water Poppy; Number 3, Anacharis; Number 4 Fontinalis Gracilis; Number 5, Sagittari Sinensis. Page 30, Tropical Aquariums and Water Gardens. Published in 1933 in Saint Louis, Missouri USA by Beldt Aquarium. Collections of the United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/CAT31340167/page/30/mode/thumb
HOW TO BUILD A LILY POOL. Page 42, Tropical Aquariums and Water Gardens. Published in 1933 in Saint Louis, Missouri USA by Beldt Aquarium. Collections of the United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/CAT31340167/page/42/mode/1up
COLLECTION NUMBER 16: JAPANESE WATER TARO: Imperial Taro; Rose Star; Water Hyacinth; Violet Stemmed Taro; Egyptian Paper Plant in Background and Umbrella Palm in Front. Page 48, Tropical Aquariums and Water Gardens. Published in 1933 in Saint Louis, Missouri USA by Beldt Aquarium. Collections of the United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/CAT31340167/page/48/mode/1up
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS OF RARE AND HARDY WATER LILIES: Marliac Trio, Number 7, Marliac pink; Number 8, Marliac white; Number 9 Marliac yellow (Chromatella). Collection Number 12, Number 5, Comanche; Number 6, Escarboucle. The Regal Collection, This includes one lily of each Number 5 to Number 9. Page 50, Tropical Aquariums and Water Gardens. Published in 1933 in Saint Louis, Missouri USA by Beldt Aquarium. Collections of the United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/CAT31340167/page/50/mode/1up
Nelumbiums (Egyptian Lotus). Nelumbiums are hardy and they should be planted in one foot deep boxes filled with good rich dirt. The boxes shoul;d be about two feet square and the top of box about 6 inches under water. Nelumbium Speciosum (pink variety); Nelumbium Lutea (large yellow flowers); Nelumbium Album Striatum (white flowers). Special Nelumbium Collection, One tuber of each variety for only $3.25; One potted plant of each variety for only $6.50. Page 54, Tropical Aquariums and Water Gardens. Published in 1933 in Saint Louis, Missouri USA by Beldt Aquarium. Collections of the United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/CAT31340167/page/54/mode/1up
WATER LILY COLLECTION NUMBER 17. Number 1, Blue Star; Number 2, General Pershing; Number 3, August Koch. Special Collection Price for this Crown Trio $4.75. These three Water Lilies photographed in natural colors are set against a background of a natural color photograph of Blue Star Water Lilies in one of our pools. The Blue Star carries its flowers on strong stems about 2 feet or more above the water surface. Tropical lilies are fragrant, large and make ideal cut flowers. Page 56, Tropical Aquariums and Water Gardens. Published in 1933 in Saint Louis, Missouri USA by Beldt Aquarium. Collections of the United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/CAT31340167/page/56/mode/1up
HARDY LILY: Comanche. One of the best hardy lilies of changeable color opening with a rich apricot color changing to deep bronze. Each $1.50. (upper image). HARDY LILY: Paul Hariot. The changeable colors of this lily are admired by everyone. Opening with light orange shades which turn to various pink shades. Each $2.00 (lower image). Page 61, Tropical Aquariums and Water Gardens. Published in 1933 in Saint Louis, Missouri USA by Beldt Aquarium. Collections of the United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/CAT31340167/page/61/mode/1up

SUNRISE. Without question, the finest hardy lily. The flowers which are unusually large and cactus shaped resemble a yellow dahlia. It is of a uniform yellow color and surpasses all other yellow water lilies. A great feature is the unusual fullness of the three rows of petals. Price each, $2.50. Page 63, Tropical Aquariums and Water Gardens. Published in 1933 in Saint Louis, Missouri USA by Beldt Aquarium. Collections of the United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/CAT31340167/page/63/mode/1up

Fruit and flowers painted by Dutch painter Johannes Bosschaert  (1606/08– 1628/29). He was a member of the Bosschaert family of still life painters.

Basket of Flowers. 17th c, by 1628-29. Dutch. Oil on copper. Johannes Bosschaert, painter  (1606/08– 1628/29). Image source https://www.wga.hu/art/b/bosschae/johannes/basket_f.jpg. Collections of the Louvre Museum. Artwork itself in the public domain because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bosschaert_Johannes_02.jpg
Still life with tulips. Undated, by 1628-29. Dutch. Oil on oak wood. Johannes Bosschaert, painter  (1606/08– 1628/29). Signed on the lower right. Collections of the National Museum, Stockholm. Artwork in the public domain because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Still_Life_with_Tulips_(Johannes_Bosschaert)_-_Nationalmuseum_-_23715.tif?page=1 though I found it here https://www.instagram.com/scala.regia/p/DDhyC7iu2pF/
Still life of tulips and other flowers in a basket, with shells and fruit on a stone ledge. 1624. Dutch. Oil on oak panel. Johannes Bosschaert, painter  (1606/08– 1628/29). Signed with initials and dated on the lower left I-B-1624. Image source https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/old-masters-evening-sale/johannes-bosschaert-still-life-of-tulips-and-other Artwork in the public domain because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Still_life_of_tulips_and_other_flowers_in_a_basket,_with_shells_and_fruit_on_a_stone_ledge.jpg

Flower and fruit pictures, these by German painter Theude Grönland. Living from 1817 to 1876, he was a still life painter remembered for his paintings of flowers and fruit. Studied at the Copenhagen Academy. Queen Victoria was a fan and bought at least one of his pictures.

Still Life with Flowers and Insects. 1856. German. Oil on canvas. Theude Grönland, painter (1817-1876). Signed and dated Th Gronland 1856. Image © Uno Langmann Ltd. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.langmann.com/still-life-with-flowers-and-insects-by-theude-gronland?ss_source=sscampaigns&ss_campaign_id=668efae125b4a6786e1c5c3a&ss_email_id=6699aea48dc8437c2500d8a7&ss_campaign_name=Recent+Acquisitions+at+Uno+Langmann+Gallery&ss_campaign_sent_date=2024-07-19T00%3A09%3A14Z
Azaleas and Orange. 1860. German. Oil on millboard. Theude Grönland, painter (1817-1876). Signed and dated 1860. Purchased by Queen Victoria in 1861. Image Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due age. via https://www.rct.uk/collection/406316/azaleas-and-orange
Peaches and white grapes. Undated, by 1876. German. Oil on paintersboard. Theude Grönland, painter (1817-1876). Signed on the lower left. In the public domain due to age. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Theude_Gr%C3%B6nland_-_Peaches_and_white_grapes.jpg

Old water lilies as pretty as ever and all arted up. Plates from John Fisk Allen’s 1854 work “Victoria Regia; or the Great Water Lily of America”. William Sharp, illustrator. Published and printed in Boston by Dutton and Wentworth.

Opening flower. Plate 2, Page 2 of Victoria Regia; or the Great Water Lily of America. 1853. American. John Fisk Allen, author. William Sharp, illustrator. Published and printed in Boston, Massachusetts by Dutton and Wentworth. Collections of and digitalized by the Missouri Botanical Garden. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/mobot31753000796083/page/2/mode/1up
Intermediate stages of bloom. Plate 4, Page 4 of Victoria Regia; or the Great Water Lily of America. 1853. American. John Fisk Allen, author. William Sharp, illustrator. Published and printed in Boston, Massachusetts by Dutton and Wentworth. Collections of and digitalized by the Missouri Botanical Garden. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/mobot31753000796083/page/4/mode/1up
Complete bloom. Plate 5, Page 5 of Victoria Regia; or the Great Water Lily of America. 1853. American. John Fisk Allen, author. William Sharp, illustrator. Published and printed in Boston, Massachusetts by Dutton and Wentworth. Collections of and digitalized by the Missouri Botanical Garden. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/mobot31753000796083/page/5/mode/1up
View of the form of the flower mentioned on the thirteenth page. Plate 6, Page 6 of Victoria Regia; or the Great Water Lily of America. 1853. American. John Fisk Allen, author. William Sharp, illustrator. Published and printed in Boston, Massachusetts by Dutton and Wentworth. Collections of and digitalized by the Missouri Botanical Garden. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/mobot31753000796083/page/6/mode/1up

Botanical studies, all apparently of native California plants. Hand-colored silver prints. Lena Scott Harris, maker (1873-1956). All part of one lot and from a recent Swann catalogue. They are labeled on the back but that information was not provided.

Hand-colored silver print of a native California floral specimen, one of a group of 65 hand-colored botanical studies, all apparently California native plants. ca. 1930s. American. Lena Scott Harris, maker (1873-1956). Signed on the lower right. © Estate of the Artist. Image © Swann Auction Galleries. via https://live.swanngalleries.com/lots/view/4-8QARTF/lena-scott-harris-1873-1956-group-of-approximately-65-hand-colored-botanical-studies-all-apparently-california-native-plants

Hand-colored silver print of a native California floral specimen, one of a group of 65 hand-colored botanical studies, all apparently California native plants. ca. 1930s. American. Lena Scott Harris, maker (1873-1956). Signed on the lower right. © Estate of the Artist. Image © Swann Auction Galleries. via https://live.swanngalleries.com/lots/view/4-8QARTF/lena-scott-harris-1873-1956-group-of-approximately-65-hand-colored-botanical-studies-all-apparently-california-native-plants
Hand-colored silver print of a native California floral specimen, one of a group of 65 hand-colored botanical studies, all apparently California native plants. ca. 1930s. American. Lena Scott Harris, maker (1873-1956). © Estate of the Artist. Image © Swann Auction Galleries. via https://live.swanngalleries.com/lots/view/4-8QARTF/lena-scott-harris-1873-1956-group-of-approximately-65-hand-colored-botanical-studies-all-apparently-california-native-plants
Hand-colored silver print of a native California floral specimen, one of a group of 65 hand-colored botanical studies, all apparently California native plants. ca. 1930s. American. Lena Scott Harris, maker (1873-1956). © Estate of the Artist. Image © Swann Auction Galleries. via https://live.swanngalleries.com/lots/view/4-8QARTF/lena-scott-harris-1873-1956-group-of-approximately-65-hand-colored-botanical-studies-all-apparently-california-native-plants
Hand-colored silver print of a native California floral specimen, one of a group of 65 hand-colored botanical studies, all apparently California native plants. ca. 1930s. American. Lena Scott Harris, maker (1873-1956). © Estate of the Artist. Image © Swann Auction Galleries. via https://live.swanngalleries.com/lots/view/4-8QARTF/lena-scott-harris-1873-1956-group-of-approximately-65-hand-colored-botanical-studies-all-apparently-california-native-plants
Hand-colored silver print of a native California floral specimen, one of a group of 65 hand-colored botanical studies, all apparently California native plants. ca. 1930s. American. Lena Scott Harris, maker (1873-1956). Signed on the lower right. © Estate of the Artist. Image © Swann Auction Galleries. via https://live.swanngalleries.com/lots/view/4-8QARTF/lena-scott-harris-1873-1956-group-of-approximately-65-hand-colored-botanical-studies-all-apparently-california-native-plants

Images taken from an album of watercolor drawings of plants, insects and fruit, nineteenth century. Chinese school. Some are captioned in Chinese.

Melon. Part of a 19th century Chinese school album of watercolor drawings of plants, insects and fruit. Artist not known. Image © 2022 Sotheby’s. Artwork itself in the public domain to age. https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/the-library-of-henry-rogers-broughton-2nd-baron-fairhaven-part-ii-2/chinese-school-album-of-watercolour-drawings-of-2
Part of a 19th century Chinese school album of watercolor drawings of plants, insects and fruit. Artist not known. Image © 2022 Sotheby’s. Artwork itself in the public domain to age. https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/the-library-of-henry-rogers-broughton-2nd-baron-fairhaven-part-ii-2/chinese-school-album-of-watercolour-drawings-of-2

Part of a 19th century Chinese school album of watercolor drawings of plants, insects and fruit. Artist not known. Image © 2022 Sotheby’s. Artwork itself in the public domain to age. https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/the-library-of-henry-rogers-broughton-2nd-baron-fairhaven-part-ii-2/chinese-school-album-of-watercolour-drawings-of-2
Part of a 19th century Chinese school album of watercolor drawings of plants, insects and fruit. Artist not known. Image © 2022 Sotheby’s. Artwork itself in the public domain to age. https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/the-library-of-henry-rogers-broughton-2nd-baron-fairhaven-part-ii-2/chinese-school-album-of-watercolour-drawings-of-2

The album was in the collections of Winifred Bois. Winifred Bois was the daughter of Frederic William Bois, (1848-1921). Frederic was an amateur photographer who exhibited at the Paris Exhibition of 1900, and whose family had held a prominent place in the mercantile life of Ceylon since the 1860s. Winifred traveled extensively in the Far East. She collected Chinese school watercolors.

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