item details
NameOlearia semidentata. Plate 2 from the book: The native flowers of New Zealand
ProductionMrs Georgina Hetley; artist; 1888; London
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington Ltd.; publisher; 1888; London
Leighton Brothers; printer; 1888; London
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington Ltd.; publisher; 1888; London
Leighton Brothers; printer; 1888; London
Classificationrare books
Materialsprinting paper, lithographic ink
Materials Summarychromolithograph
Dimensionspage: 265mm (width), 367mm (length)
Registration NumberRB001454/002a
Overview
Plate 2 of 36 from Georgina Hetley's The native flowers of New Zealand (1888). The coloured illustration is accompanied by the following text describing the plant:
Olearia semidentata, Decaisne.
A very beautiful and graceful shrubby plant, a native of the Chatham Islands, which have several remarkable species not found in New Zealand proper, some of which are figured elsewhere in this work. Cultivated specimens of O. semidentata have the flowers of a deeper purple than in the wild state, in which it is not uncommon to see the ray-florets almost white, tipped with pale purple at the extremities. It is a plant well worthy of general cultivation in gardens. It flowers in Spring.