'Lychnidea Caroliniana floribus...' mb-code 1619052 The design eventually chosen for

The design eventually chosen for the bridge

attending to the stout gentleman

Bishop's Walk

he replied: 'I was only trying to help him by killing the green fly

'Lychnidea Caroliniana floribus...' mb-code 1619052 The design eventually chosen forBotanical study of Phlox carolina, described by John Martyn in the Historia Plantarum Rariorum (1728 ) and reproduced there as plate 9, (sponsored by Johann Caspar Scheutzer). From a specimen grown at Chelsea Physic Garden, probably from originals gathered by Mark Catesby. Inscribed in ink 'Lychnidea Caroliniana foribus quasi umbellatim dispositis folio lucidis crassis acutus, Martyn. H. R. P. D.' Not signed. Watermarked 'LVG.' Original: watercolour