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The Bybloemen tulip Daveyana from the Florists Guide, 1828 (UK).  As a a woman of Dutch descent of course my favorite flower is the tulip, and this one in particular is practically engineered to cause a rampant case of tulipomania.  For another taste of nineteenth-century botany, Google Book Search has the entirety of Robert Sweet's The British flower garden online (including the marvelous illustrations) right here.