Scientific Name: Tulipa gesneriana Reboul

Caption: tulips

Photographer: Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales

Image Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/museumwales/2218785408/

Locality: Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom (51.485992, -3.17728)

Notes: Tulipa gesneriana from Temple of Flora 1799 by Robert Thornton. Hand-coloured engraving: 57cm x 46cm. Thornton vowed that his book, Temple of Flora would be the most magnificent botanical publication ever. Exotic plants were lavishly illustrated in dramatic landscape settings. The extravagant costs of publishin

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