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Miliaria calandra, corn buntingPlate 154 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Lilium candidum, madonna lilyIllustration No. 2 by Johann Christoph Dietzsch, c. 1750. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Nymphaea ampla, water lilyWatercolour no. 15 by Ralph Stennett, 1806. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Various bird eggs from western AsiaVarious common Indian birds eggs from the Hume Collection. Specimens housed at Natural History Museum at Tring
Tritonia crocata, corn lilyIllustration no.8 by Sydney Parkinson, 1767. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Lilium lancifolium, tiger lilyWatercolour by Jacobus Perkois from the Dutch Collection, c. late 1700s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Lilium suffureum, sulphur lilyIllustration 1 from the Large Collection by Lilian Snelling, 1936. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum
Lawson plant specimensPart of the plant collection attributed to John Lawson, collected in Carolina in 1710. Specimens held in the Sloane Herbarium at the Natural History Museum, London
Narcissus, daffodilEngraving by Gouy after a painting from Choix Des Plus Belles Fleurs by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840)
Iris germanica, flag irisFlag iris (Iris germanica) from Icones Plantarum medicinalium (1788) by Joseph Jacob von Plenck
Cistothorus palustris, marsh wrenPlate 98 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Egretta thula, snowy egretPlate 242 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Cattleya aurantiaca (orchid) growing in a shade coffee plantation in El Salvador
Papaver rhoeas L, corn poppy. Dried specimen taken from the museum herbarium. Seed from Poland, plant collected in 1952
Tulipa greigii, red hiding hood tulip. Dried specimen from the museum herbarium. 22.iv.1902
Orthoceras, nautiloidShown here is Orthoceras, a straight Ordovician nautiloid
Cistothorus platensis, sedge wrenPlate 175 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Dendroica palmarum, palm warblerPlate 163 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Sabal lamanonis BrongniartA fossil palm frond from Aix en Provence, France. It is recorded as Upper Eocene, about 45 and 55 million years ago. This specimen is 32 cm long. The specimen number is V16880
Calochilus paludosus, R. BrAnnotated drawing by Ferdinand Bauer, Calochilus paludosus R. Br. Prodr.: 320 (1810) Irchidaceae. Br. 204. From a specimen from New South Wales, Australia
Plate 77 from British Orchids
Pterostylis nutans R. BrAnnotated drawing by Ferdinand Bauer of Pterostylis nutans, 1810, Orchidaceae
Quiscalus quiscula, common gracklePlate 7 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved by W.H. Lizars, Edinburgh
Bromelia anticanthaWatercolour by Margaret Ursula Mee, c. 1958. Mees name will be forever associated with her interest in conserving the Amazon rainforests
Narcissus tazetta, daffodilDrawing by Georg Dionysius Ehret. Image used in The Chelsea Gardener Philip Miller (1990) by Hazel Le Rougetel, page 199
Iris orientalis, Turkish irisDrawing by Richard Lancake [pl. 154]. Image used in The Chelsea Gardener Philip Miller (1990) by Hazel Le Rougetel
Nerine sarniensis, Guernsey lilyDrawing by Georg Dionysius Ehert. Image from The Chelsea Gardener Philip Miller (1990) by Hazel Le Rougetel, plate 1
Watsonia meriana L. bulbilliferaDrawing by John Miller, first published in Figures of the most beautiful, useful, and uncommon Plants described in the Gardeners Dictionary (1755-60) by Philip Miller
Aloe africana, spiny aloeIllustration from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Godfried Simula. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Aloe serrataIllustration from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Godfried Simula. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Aloe americana minorIllustration from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Godfried Simula. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Scientist on field tripScientist carrying out a field sample in the UK
Wallichia caryotoides, wallich palmPlate 8 from the Roxburgh Collection, c. 1791-1794. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Caryota urens, fishtail palmPlate 10 from the Roxburgh Collection, c. 1791-1794 depicting fishtail palm leaves. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Capillipedium parviflorum, weedWatercolour 238 from the Saharunpore Gardens Collection, c. 1850s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Iris cf. germanica, bearded irisIllustration from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Gottfried Simula. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Iris sibirica, Siberian irisIllustration from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Gottfried Simula. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Tulip cultivar, tulipIllustration from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Gottfried Simula. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Iris xiphium, Spanish irisIllustration from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Gottfried Simula. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Iris ensata, Japanese irisWatercolour by James Sowerby, c. 1800s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Narcissus pseudonarcissus, daffodilDrawing 743 by Arthur Harry Church, 1903. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Haworthia viscosa, haworthiaIllustration from Prludia Botanica (1703) by Caspar Commelin, of Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)
Proiphys amboinenseIllustration from Plantarum Horti Medici Amstelodamensis (1706) by Caspar Commelin. Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)
Sanseveria hyacinthoides, bowstring hempIllustration by Caspar Commelin (1667-1731) from Prludia Botanica of Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)
Melocanna baccifera, berry bambooPlate 1050 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, 1800. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Panicum frumentaceum, barnyard grassPlate 1047 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Cyperus sp. sedgePlate 621 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, c. 1795-1805. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Dracontium, spPlate 1119 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, c. 1795-1805. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
