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Cereus

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  • A thicket of cactus (Cereus dyckii) in Guatemala. Wood engraving, c. 1867.
  • Seven plants, including two orchids and a poppy: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1833.
  • Seven plants, including two orchids and a cactus: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • Seven plants, including three orchids and two cacti: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
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  • view A thicket of cactus (Cereus dyckii) in Guatemala. Wood engraving, c. 1867.
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    A thicket of cactus (Cereus dyckii) in Guatemala. Wood engraving, c. 1867.

    | Date: [1867-1875] | Reference: 20955i
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    A true account of the Aloe Americana or Africana, which is now in blossom in Mr. Cowell's garden at Hoxton; which is upwards of twenty foot high, and has already put forth thirty branches for flowers, all upon one stem, twelve whereof are already fairly opened and blown out As also of two other exotick plants, call'd, the Cereus, or torch-thistle, which have likewise put forth their blossoms in Mr. Cowell's said garden. The like whereof has never been seen in England before.

    Cowell, John (Nurseryman) | Date: 1729
  • view Seven plants, including three orchids and two cacti: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
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    Seven plants, including three orchids and two cacti: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.

    | Date: 1837 | Reference: 27519i
  • view Seven plants, including two orchids and a poppy: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1833.
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    Seven plants, including two orchids and a poppy: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1833.

    | Date: 1833 | Reference: 27585i
  • view Seven plants, including two orchids and a cactus: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
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    Seven plants, including two orchids and a cactus: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.

    | Date: 1837 | Reference: 27533i
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