[Poison Bulb, Giant Crinum Lily, Grand Crinum Lily, or Spider Lily.]
Plate 43.
Priscilla Susan Bury, A Selection of Hexandrian Plants, Belonging to the Natural Orders Amaryllidae and Liliacæ, from Drawings by Mrs. Edward Bury, Liverpool (London, Robert Havell, [Jr.], 1831-1834).
Print engraved and colored by Robert Havell, Jr.
It is described by Bury thus: “Another stately Emperor of the Eastern Dynasty, sent by Dr. Carey [William Carey (1761 – 1834)] in 1819 from Serampore [West Bengal, India] to the Liverpool Botanic Garden; where it rears its lofty head, and mass of fine leaves, nearly the height of one of the conservatories.”
This particular engraving is one of the finest botanical prints of the nineteenth century. See also numbers 65 and 105, two other excellent prints by Bury/Havell, though not equivalent to this one.
