EditorialToad lily, Tricyrtis hirta. Japan. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1862-65.
EditorialToad lily, Tricyrtis maculata (Tricyrtis pilosa). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1857.
EditorialToad lily, Tricyrtis foliis albo striatis. Japan. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1870.
EditorialHototogisu or toad lily, Tricyrtis hirta, and garden cosmos or Mexican aster, Cosmos bipinnatus. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yamada, 1901.
EditorialGarden cosmos or Mexican aster, Cosmos bipinnatus, and hototogisu or toad lily, Tricyrtis hirta. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yamada, 1901.