Hedychium coronarium. White gingerlily

Hedychium coronarium. White gingerlily

White and yellow gingerlily flower on the diagonal with dynamic, verdant foliage.. . "This elegant plant is a native of various parts of Bengal and the neighboring provinces, where it flowers during the summer season: the blossoms are extremely fragrant. It has been introduced into this country several years since, with us it grows about six feet high and flowers in the autumn and beginning of winter." Drawn and engraved by G. Cooke. . . Conrad Loddiges and Sons published an illustrated catalogue of the nursery's plants entitled the Botanical Cabinet. The monthly magazine featured 10 hand-coloured illustrations and ran from 1817 to 1833 to total 2,000 plates. The publication introduced many exquisite camellias from China, exotic orchids and lilies from the New World, and about 100 varieties of heaths from South Africa, which were currently in vogue. (The Victorian era saw a series of manias for flowers - from roses and camellias to heaths, ferns and orchids.). . Most of the plates were drawn by the author George Loddiges and local engraver George Cooke (1781~1834). The others were drawn by Loddiges' daughter Jane and his brother William, Cooke's brother William and his son Edward (who became a leading Victorian artist), apprentice engravers T. Boys and William Miller (who later became principal engraver to the artist J.M.W. Turner) and Miss Rebello.

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3744 x 4765 px | 51.0 MB

31.7 x 40.3 cm | 12.5 x 15.9 in (300 dpi)