Robert Sweet 1782 - 1835 Initially working as a horticulturist, in 1824 Sweet was acquitted on a charge at the Old Bailey of receiving several rare exotic plants stolen from The Royal Gardens at Kew. He continued to cultivate plants, but from 1826 to 1831, devoted most of his time to the production of botanical works.
Published in London by J. Ridgway, Flora Australasica; or a selection of handsome or curious plants, natives of New Holland, and the South Sea Islands, contained a total of 56 engraved, hand-coloured plates. It was issued in 14 monthly parts from 1827 to 1828.
For the purposes of illustration, Sweet obtained his specimens from several nurseries in England. It is interesting to note so many Australian plants were already under cultivation in England at such an early date. For further details and to view a larger image, please click on one of the thumbnails below.
#SWE001 Pretty Corea More Detail
#SWE003 Long-leaved Dryandra More Detail
#SWE005 Blunt-leaved Oxylobium More Detail
#SWE007 Pretty Grevillea More Detail
#SWE008 Cross-leaved Pimelea More Detail
#SWE009 Rhomb-leaved Bossiaea More Detail
#SWE011 Many-flowered Morning-flower More Detail
#SWE013 Purple-flowered Hovea More Detail
#SWE016 White-flowered Anthocercis More Detail
#SWE017 Yellow-flowered Anthocercis More Detail
#SWE018 Crowded-panicled Charlwoodia More Detail
#SWE019 Rose-coloured Boronia More Detail
#SWE020 Heart-leaved Bossiaea More Detail
#SWE021 Square-stemmed Eudesmia More Detail
#SWE022 Nerved-leaved Dryandra More Detail
#SWE023 Many-flowered Scarlet Kennedya More Detail
#SWE024 Bird-leaved Acacia More Detail
#SWE025 Tawny Pittosporum More Detail
#SWE026 Handsome Lechenaultia More Detail
#SWE027 Willow-leaved Hakea More Detail
#SWE028 Pungent-leaved Eutaxia More Detail
#SWE029 Crested Callistemon More Detail
#SWE030 Rosemary-leaved Grevillea More Detail
#SWE031 Gibbous Hares-foot Fern More Detail
#SWE032 Mr. Barclay's Cassia More Detail
#SWE034 Beautiful Mirbelia More Detail
#SWE035 Fragrant Pultenaea More Detail
#SWE036 Obovate-leaved South-sea Myrtle More Detail
#SWE037 Milkwort-leaved Pultenaea More Detail
#SWE038 Mucronulate Grevillea More Detail
#SWE039 Long-scaped Patersonia More Detail
#SWE040 Variable-leaved Chorizema More Detail
#SWE042 Lunate-leaved Acacia More Detail
#SWE043 Linear-leaved Hakea More Detail
#SWE044 Slender Sphenotoma More Detail
#SWE045 Rusty-stemmed Hakea More Detail
#SWE046 Oblate-flowered Lechenaultia More Detail
#SWE048 Winged-leaved Boronia More Detail
#SWE050 Green-flowered Styphelia More Detail
#SWE051 Sword-stemmed Bossiaea More Detail
#SWE052 Drupe-bearing Pimelea More Detail
#SWE055 Tapering-pointed Grevillea More Detail
#SWE056 Dryandra-like Banksia More Detail