Mysterious hibiscus or lilibiscus species, Hibiscus denisoni. Pink flowers fade to white during the day. Named for William Denison, governor of New South Wales, imported from Australia by Bernard Samuel Williams of Victoria and Paradise Nurseries, Upper Holloway. Handcolored botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Frederick William Burbidge from Henry Honywood Dombrain's Floral Magazine, New Series, Volume 5, L. Reeve, London, 1876. Lithograph printed by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son.

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