Fire Lily and Viola, from 'Hortus Eystettensis', by Basil Besler (1561-1629), pub. 1613 (hand-colour

Fire Lily and Viola, from 'Hortus Eystettensis', by Basil Besler (1561-1629), pub. 1613 (hand-colour

2-658-565 - Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images

I Lilium cruentum flore pleno; One of the lilies which produces bulbils in its leaf axils, it's a hybridized form from the original alpine wild flower; II Viola erecta flore coeruleo; III Viola erecta flore albo; Upright form of viola now almost extinct; Besler was an apothecary in Nuremberg and was in charge of the gardens of the Prince Bishop near Eichstat;


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