EditorialFalse musk orchid, Chamorchis alpina. Handcoloured lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendal's German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), Jena, 1871.
EditorialAlpine skullcap, Scutellaria alpina (Alpine scutellaria, hop-flowered variety, Scutellaria alpina var. lupulina). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Sydenham Edwards' Botanical Register, Ridgew...
EditorialAlpine toadflax, Linaria alpina. 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, 1874.
EditorialAlpine columbine, Aquilegia alpina. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by Edward Dalton Smith from Robert Sweet's The British Flower Garden, Ridgeway, London, 1827.
EditorialAlpine rose, Rose des Alpes, Rosa alpina. Handcoloured lithograph by Lecouturier after a botanical illustration by Borromee from Pierre Boitard's Rose-Lover's Complete Manual, Roret, Paris 1836.
EditorialDaimonjisou or saxifrage, Saxifraga fortunei var. alpina. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yamada, 1901.
EditorialBlack and yellow creeper, brown and white creeper, Certhia americana, Cayenne creeper, Dacnis cayana, Dodo, Raphus cucullatus, and purre or stint, Calidris alpina. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from William Smellie's Natural H...
EditorialDunlin, Calidris alpina. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own "Natural History of British Birds," London, 1794-1819. Edward Donovan (1768-1837) was an Anglo-Irish amateur zoologist, writer, artist and engraver. He ...