Applebee; Caroline Maria (c.1787-1854); flower painter
Date
1833
Scope & content
Watercolour on paper of Sollya heterophylla and Calampelus Scabra (Eccremocarpus scaber) by Caroline Maria Applebee, 1833. English vernacular name: Blue bell creeper; Calampelus scabra is referred to in Richard Groombridge's ' Gardener and Practical Florist' (1844) volume 3, p.453, but this may have been a mis-identification. This plant has subsequently been identified as Eccremocarpus scaber, originating from Chile