The Curtis Botanical Magazine Here's a lovely illustration of the Yellow-flowered Clammy Moraea at http//http://www.nal.usda.gov/curtis/1045jpg.shtml Or the Cut-leaved Lapeyrousia at http//http://www.nal.usda.gov/curtis/606jpg.shtml There are oodles more illustrations arranged by equally florid names but in the text is the botanical name and a fair amount of information and the illustrations are marvelous. From 1787-1800 (Volumes 1-14), William Curtis published The Botanical Magazine. From 1801-1807 (Volumes 15-26), John Sims published Curtis's Botanical Magazine The Principal artist for both publishers was Sydenham S. Edwards William Curtis (1746-1799) was a trained pharmacist living in London, whose greater interest was the study of flora and insects. He maintained a large garden where he grew beautiful exotic plants, and began publishing the Curtis Botanical Magazine in 1787. This digital presentation represents one thousand fifty records, one thousand forty-eight plates, (two of the original plates are missing, plates 797 & 860), and there are one thousand four hundred fifty-six related pages of text from the first 26 volumes. The entire print collection of 164 volumes is housed at the National Agricultural Library in Beltsville, Maryland Also an article on cape bulbs in the SF Chronicle at http//http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi/… Liz W