Phygelius Capensis (the cape figwort or cape fuchsia)
c.1853. Louis Benoît van Houtte was a Belgian horticulturist who was with the Jardin Botanique de Brussels between 1836 and 1838 and is best known for the journal "Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe", produced with Charles Lemaire and M. Scheidweiler, an extensive work boasting more than 2,000 coloured plates in 23 volumes published between 1845 and 1883. A Chromolithograph print, a 19th-century color printing technique that uses multiple limestone blocks—sometimes over 20—to apply separate, overlapping ink layers for a vibrant, finished print. Includes original text pages Phygelius capensis, the cape figwort or cape fuchsia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Scrophulariaceae, native to South Africa and Lesotho. 315 by 240mm (12½ by 9½ inches). Item #32748
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