Australian Dyrandra longifolia-Banksia longifolia Sir Joseph Paxton

Original Hand Coloured lithograph designed and lithographed by F. W. Smith &  S. Holden.

Published by Orr & Smith/W.S.Orr & Co., London by Sir Joseph Paxton (1803-186 5) FOR “Paxton’s Magazine & Register of Flowering Plants”

Published London 1834-49

"In conjunction with most other Australian plants, this species delights in a situation well exposed to light and air.. When the specimen is inclined to manifest an extraordinary degree of exuberance, the quality of the earth may be modified.." Procured from the Swan River Colony some time during the years 1838. .

Condition: evidence of past matting materials present in yellowing of paper. 

Paper Size 230x160 / Image Size 210x140