Crassula coccinea. . Deep scarlet flowered crassula shrub from the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Drawn and engraved by George Cooke. . . Conrad Loddiges and Sons published an illustrated catalogue of the nursery's plants entitled the Botanical Cabinet. The monthly magazine featured 10 hand-coloured illustrations and ran from 1817 to 1833 to total 2,000 plates. The publication introduced many exquisite camellias from China, exotic orchids and lilies from the New World, and about 100 varieties
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