The following website is an entire small book reproduced including illustrations. It is such a gem I well understand the urge to share.
The second web address is a current information source.
What a juxtaposition!

http://www.kellscraft.com/dutchbulbscontent.html

DUTCH BULBS AND GARDENS

PAINTED BY
MIMA NIXON
DESCRIBED BY
UNA SILBERRAD AND SOPHIE LYALL
LONDON
ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK
1909

http://www.bulb.com/springflwr.asp

One is a very artful book about Dutch bulbs and gardens (with quite a bit of history thrown in); the other is an online catalogue. For a proper comparison, you need to dig out a turn-of-the-twentieth century bulb catalogue (which would most likely be illustrated with line drawings and black and white (or hand-colored) photographs.

All weak and wan, with head inclined,
    Its parent breast the drifted snow,
It trembles, while the ruthless wind
Bends its slim form; the tempest lowers,
Its emerald eye drops crystal showers
    On its cold bed below.
Where'er I find thee, gentle flower,
    Thou still art sweet and dear to me!
For I have known the cheerless hour,
Have seen the sunbeams cold and pale,
Have felt the chilling wintry gale,
    And wept and shrunk, like thee