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

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