EditorialFuchsia-flowered gooseberry or shewy gooseberry, Ribes speciosum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Sydenham Edwards' Botanical Register, Ridgeway, London, 1833.
EditorialRedcurrant, Ribes rubrum, and gooseberry, Ribes grossularia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Goetz from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and m...
EditorialCurrant varieties: Blackcurrant, Ribes nigrum; Dutch redcurrant, Ribes rubrum; and white currant, Ribes glandulosum. Handcoloured stipple engraving of an illustration by George Brookshaw from his own "Pomona Britannica," London, Longman, Hurst, etc., 1...
EditorialMagpie moth, Abraxas grossulariata, on a redcurrant branch, Ribes rubrum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Jacob l'Admiral in Naauwkeurige Waarneemingen omtrent de veranderingen van veele Insekten (Accurate Descriptions of the Met...
EditorialCurrants and berries, fruits en baies. Gooseberry, Ribes uva-crispa 1,4,5, white currant 2, redcurrant, Ribes rubrum 3,6, and blackcurrant, Ribes nigrum 7. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lebrun after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pi...
EditorialWhite-flowered or snow gooseberry, Ribes niveum. Native to North America. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by Miss Drake from Sydenham Edwards' "The Botanical Register," London, Ridgway, 1834. Sarah Anne Drake (1803-...
EditorialSiberian currant, Ribes orientale. (Dotted currant, Ribes punctatum). Native of Chile. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by Miss Drake from Sydenham Edwards' "The Botanical Register," London, Ridgway, 1834. Sarah Anne...