Lilium Tigrinum Flore Pleno

This botanical illustration from A. C. Van Eeden's *Flora of Haarlem* depicts the tiger lily in full bloom, rendered by Dutch artist Arentine H. Arendsen. The plate shows multiple specimens at various stages—open flowers with characteristic recurved petals and spotted throats, tight buds, and elongated seed pods. The hand-colored lithograph captures botanical detail with scientific precision: the prominent stamens and pistils, the arrangement of buds along dark stems, and the bright orange-red petals marked with deep red spots. This careful documentation served both horticultural and aesthetic purposes, reflecting 19th-century interest in exotic plant specimens cultivated in European gardens.