Exotic orchids used to be so expensive that only the very wealthy grew them or purchased them. Roses of all sorts, on the other hand, have long been tended by rich and poor alike. Today, both species of blooms are the favorites of countless gardeners.
The botanical illustrations included in this coloring book are held in the collection of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Whether you choose to color in keeping with the originals – shown on the inside covers – or create your own orchid and rose "varieties" using new hues, each page is blank on the back and suitable for framing. We've even included a page on which you can draw and color an orchid or rose to be named after you – in Latin, of course.
Images:
John Nugent Fitch (English, 1840–1927), Lælia præstans from The Orchid Album, 1892
John Lindley (English, 1799–1865), Rosa clare from Edwards’s Botanical Register, 1831
John Nugent Fitch (English, 1840–1927), Cymbidium pendulum from The Orchid Album, 1892
Henry Charles Andrews (English, fl. 1794–1830), Rosa semperflorens from Roses, or, A Monograph of the Genus, 1828
John Nugent Fitch (English, 1840–1927), Chysis bractescens from The Orchid Album, 1892
John Lindley (English, 1799–1865), Rosa multiflora var. platyphylla from Edwards’s Botanical Register, 1830
John Nugent Fitch (English, 1840–1927), Calanthe vestita Oweniana from The Orchid Album, 1892
Joseph Dalton Hooker (English, 1817–1911), Rosa microphylla from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine: Plants of the Royal Gardens of Kew, 1881
John Nugent Fitch (English, 1840–1927), Cattleya Dowiana aurea Statteriana from The Orchid Album, 1892
Mary Lawrance (English, fl. 1790–1831), Rosa centifolia from A Collection of Roses from Nature, 1799
John Nugent Fitch (English, 1840–1927), Cymbidium lowianum from The Orchid Album, 1892
Unknown artist, Rosa moyesii from The Garden, 1916
John Nugent Fitch (English, 1840–1927), Odontoglossum prionopetalum from The Orchid Album, 1892
Mary Lawrance (English, fl. 1790–1831), Rosa lutea ß bicolor from A Collection of Roses from Nature, 1799
John Nugent Fitch (English, 1840–1927), Phajus cooksonii from The Orchid Album, 1892
Henry Charles Andrews (English, fl. 1794–1830), Rosa inermis from Roses, or, A Monograph of the Genus Rosa, 1828
Gertrude Hamilton. Chysis lævis from The Orchid Album, 1896
Henry Charles Andrews (English, fl. 1794–1830), Rosa gallica variegata from Roses, or, A Monograph of the Genus Rosa, 1805
John Nugent Fitch (English, 1840–1927), Sophronitis grandiflora from The Orchid Album, 1896
John Sims (English, 1749–1831), Rosa gallica (ß versicolor) from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine: Flower-Garden Displayed, 1816
John Nugent Fitch (English, 1840–1927), Vanda cærulea from The Orchid Album, 1896
Unknown artist, Rosa thé Isabella Gray from Flore des Serres et des Jardins de L’Europe, 1857