574 illustrations of flowers and shrubs including: acacia, acanthus, adder's tongue, agave, alfalfa, alisma, allspice, aloe, anacharis, aristolochia, arnica, arrowhead, arrowroot, artichoke, asparagus, aster, azalea, and azolla
"Pimento or Jamaica pepper, otherwise called allspice, is a small berry, the fruit of a beautiful tree,…
The stalks of Alocasia cuprea are two feet or less long and green. The leaves are dark metallic green…
The leaves of Alocasia sanderiana are long with deeply notched margins. The leaves are a deep, glossy…
"A drug of great antiquity, for we find Dioscorides make mention of aloe as a substance obtained from…
A plant that varies in size but always has thick fleshy leaves that are spined. It also contains a juice…
The leaves of Aloe mitriformis are upcurved and slight egg shaped. The leaves are somewhat prickly toward…
The leaves of Aloe serrulata are spirally arranged and spreading. The leaves have scattered, elongated…
The flower of the aloe vera shrub is yellow and has a cylindrical shape. The grouping of flowers is…
Pictured is a good pot plant of aloe showing the offsets. Aloe plants have a stiff, harsh, and rugged…
Alonso incisifolia grows about two feet high. The flowers grow nearly two inches across, are irregular,…
Alpine Mutica has very short stalked leaves. The outer segments of the flowers are white while the bright…
The flowers of alpinia nutans are pink and smell sweet like ginger. The leaves are narrow and taper…
Alpinia vittata, meaning striped alpinia, has broad stripes of dark green and creamy white on the pale…
The flowers of Alstroemeria pulchella are dark red tipped with green and spotted inside with brown.…
The alströmeria aurantiaca flower is orange streaked with red. The flowers are arranged in groups…
The alströmeria pelegrina flower is white or pale yellow with a rose stripe and yellow spot on…
The alströmeria versicolor flower is yellow with purple marks. The lowest segment of the flower…
The common name of Althaea officials is marsh mallow. The flowers are blush or rose and one inch across.…
The althea officinalis flower is known as the Common Marsh Mallow. The flower has a delicate blush color.
Alyssum argenteum is a dwarf and dense grower. The flowers are yellow and grow in clustered heads. The…
Alyssum Saxatile, commonly known as Rock Madwort, has yellow flowers in close, convex clusters. The…
The common name of Alyssum saxatile is golden tuft. The numerous flowers are golden yellow. The plant…
The alyssum saxatile variegatum variety of Madwort is one of the most handsome varieties. It grows well…
Sweet alyssum is the common name of Alyssum maritime. The flowers grow in clusters at the end of the…
"A genus of plants of the natural order Amaranthaceae. This order contains nearly 300 known species,…
Of the amaranth family (Amarantaceae): left, pigweed (Amarantus retroflexus); right, Tumble Weed (Amarantus…
Amaranthus Caudatus is commonly known as Love Lies Bleeding. The flower is a dark purplish color which…
The Amaranthus Hypochondriacus is commonly known as Prince's Feather. The flowers are deep crimson and…
Amaranthus tricolor is a purplish red color from the base to the middle of the leaf. The upper end of…
The common name of Amaranths caudates is love-lies-bleeding. The plant is tall, about three to five…
The Amaranths gangeticus plant is three feet tall or smaller, usually only one foot tall. The flowers…
The common name of Amaryllis belladonna is belladona lily. The flowers are usually rose red and fragrant.…
Amaryllis Belladona is commonly known as the Belladona Lily. The flowering season is during autumn.
Amaryllis Belladona, or the Belladona Lily, does not produce the leaves and flowers together. The colors…
Of the amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae), the Atamasco lily or Zephyranthes Atamasco.
Amazon lily is the common name of the eucharis plant. Pictured is the leaf of E. grandiflora and the…
Amelanchier alnifolia is a ten foot tall shrub with stout, upright branches. The flowers are rather…
The Amelanchier bartramiana shrub grows up to eight feet tall. The fruit is purplish black and bloomy.
Stiff plants with large, thick leaves. It is said to have medicinal purposes for burned or damaged skin.
One of five stamen-clusters of the flower of American Linden, with accompanying scale.
The flower heads of ammobium alatum are a silvery white color with yellow disk florets. This variety…
Amole has a cluster of thick spiny-margined leaves, from which arises a stem an inch or two in diameter,…
The common name of Amorpha fruticose is bastard indigo. The shrub grows between five and twenty feet…
Amorphophallus Rivieri has a leafless, deep green speckled with red stalk that reaches three feet in…