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Home > Mary Delany > Botanical Illustrations
26. Bombax Ceiba Linn spec. 959. From a drawing of Lady Anne Monson.
27. ‘Jacobean Lily, Amaryllis formossissima’ [
Sprekelia formosissima
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28. Rosa Spinosissima, Burnet Rose [
Rosa pimpinellifolia
]. There are 65 thorns, cut in one piece with the stem.
29. Mary Delany: Thistle (Carduus ercophorus, cotton-headed thistle), 1774-88.
30. Detail of pistil, showing holes in yellow paper, probably made with a bodkin.