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Alder Collection

Background imageAlder Collection: Alnus glutinosa (Willd. ) XXI 4, alder

Alnus glutinosa (Willd. ) XXI 4, alder
An illustration of alder tree fruit and foliage from the Natural History Museum Botany Library Plate Collection

Background imageAlder Collection: Entrance to Alder Hey Hospital, Liverpool

Entrance to Alder Hey Hospital, Liverpool
The entrance to Alder Hey Hospital, near Liverpool. Uniformed soldiers stand at the gate on the left. The hospital opened in 1915 to house chronic and bedridden patients from the West Derby Union

Background imageAlder Collection: West Derby Union, Liverpool - Alder Hey Nurses Home

West Derby Union, Liverpool - Alder Hey Nurses Home
Nurses home at Alder Hey Hospital. The hospital was opened in 1915 by the West Derby Union, Liverpool. Originally used for chronic and bed-ridden case, it later became a childrens hospital

Background imageAlder Collection: Alnus glutinosa (W. ) DCXXXI, alder

Alnus glutinosa (W. ) DCXXXI, alder
An illustration of an alder tree, fruit and foliage from the Natural History Museum Botany Library Plate Collection

Background imageAlder Collection: West Derby Union, Liverpool - Alder Hey Hospital

West Derby Union, Liverpool - Alder Hey Hospital
Ward blocks at Alder Hey Hospital. The hospital was opened in 1915 by the West Derby Union, Liverpool. Originally used for chronic and bed-ridden case, it later became a childrens hospital

Background imageAlder Collection: Alder Tree

Alder Tree

Background imageAlder Collection: Yellow alder, Turnera ulmifolia

Yellow alder, Turnera ulmifolia
Ramgoat dashalong or yellow alder, Turnera ulmifolia, Turnera a foglie d Olmo. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Background imageAlder Collection: Spananthe paniculata

Spananthe paniculata Hydrocotyle spananthe, Idrocotile spanante. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Background imageAlder Collection: Grey dagger and dark dagger moths

Grey dagger and dark dagger moths
Grey dagger, Acronicta psi 1-4, and dark dagger, Acronicta tridens 5-8. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen

Background imageAlder Collection: Wormwood moth, alder moth and Cucullia tanaceti

Wormwood moth, alder moth and Cucullia tanaceti
Wormwood moth, Cucullia absinthii 1-3, alder moth, Acronicta alni 4-6, and Cucullia tanaceti 7. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die

Background imageAlder Collection: Alder psylla, Psylla alni

Alder psylla, Psylla alni, adults, and nymphs covered in waxy secretions on leaves. Handcoloured lithograph from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History

Background imageAlder Collection: Berry-bearing alder tree, Frangula alnus

Berry-bearing alder tree, Frangula alnus (Rhamnus frangula). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1795

Background imageAlder Collection: Alder bolete and summer cap

Alder bolete and summer cap
Alder bolete, Gyrodon lividus (Boletus lividus) and summer cap, Boletus reticulatus. Chromolithograph by Lassus after an illustration by A

Background imageAlder Collection: Common alder tree, Betula alnus, and frizzled

Common alder tree, Betula alnus, and frizzled bartramia, Bartramia crispa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Sydenham Edwards from John Mason Goods Pantologia, a New Encyclopedia, G

Background imageAlder Collection: Alder buckthorn or glossy buckthorn, Frangula alnus

Alder buckthorn or glossy buckthorn, Frangula alnus. Handcoloured woodblock print by Wolfgang Meyerpick after an illustration by Giorgio Liberale from Pietro Andrea Mattiolis Discorsi di P.A

Background imageAlder Collection: Gooseberry, Ribes uva-crispa, and alder buckthorn

Gooseberry, Ribes uva-crispa, and alder buckthorn, Rhamnus frangula. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageAlder Collection: American wych hazel, Fothergilla gardenii

American wych hazel, Fothergilla gardenii (Blunt-leaved fothergilla, Fothergilla alnifolia obtusa). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F

Background imageAlder Collection: Alder buckthorn, Frangula alnus

Alder buckthorn, Frangula alnus (Rhamnus frangula). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Background imageAlder Collection: Uitstrekker and alder moth (elzen-krammetje) on a branch

Uitstrekker and alder moth (elzen-krammetje) on a branch
Uitstrekker met den rooten kop and alder moth (elzen-krammetje) on a branch. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Jacob l Admiral in Naauwkeurige Waarneemingen omtrent de

Background imageAlder Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 703

Curtis British Entomology Plate 703
Lepidoptera: Hybernia defoliaria = Erannis defoliaria (Mottled Umber) [Plant: Alnus glutinosa (Alder)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageAlder Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 286

Curtis British Entomology Plate 286
Coleoptera: Trichius variabilis = Gnoremus variabilis (8-spotted Oak-beetle) [Plant: Rhamnus frangula (Alder Buckthorn)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageAlder Collection: Turnera ulmifolia var. angustifolia, yellow alder

Turnera ulmifolia var. angustifolia, yellow alder
Drawing by J.S. Miller [pl. 269]. Image used in The Chelsea Gardener Philip Miller (1990) by Hazel Le Rougetel, plate 8

Background imageAlder Collection: Alder fly in Baltic amber

Alder fly in Baltic amber
Alder fly, Megaloptera: Sialoidea in Baltic amber. Specimen dates from the Upper Eocene

Background imageAlder Collection: Alnus glutinosa, alder tree

Alnus glutinosa, alder tree
A mature alder tree in winter photographed by Pat Hart

Background imageAlder Collection: Alnus glutinosa, alder

Alnus glutinosa, alder
Alder trees in winter photographed by Pat Hart

Background imageAlder Collection: Pleistocene Britain, Swanscombe waterhole

Pleistocene Britain, Swanscombe waterhole
Diorama of Pleistocene (1.8 million to 11, 000 years ago) waterhole in Swanscombe, Kent, Britain, with elephant, fallow deer, rhinoceros, bear, bison, and man living in open grassland. See image 405

Background imageAlder Collection: Loxia leucoptera, white-winged crossbill

Loxia leucoptera, white-winged crossbill
Plate 364 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Background imageAlder Collection: ALDER FLY

ALDER FLY
The ALDER or MAY FLY (SIALIS LUTARIA) 11 is the male 14 is the female. Date: 19th century

Background imageAlder Collection: British Ballad, King Estmere

British Ballad, King Estmere
KING ESTMERE. British ballad. King Estmere and the King of Spain fight for the hand of King Adlands daughter. Despite threats from the King of Spain, she agrees to marry King Estmere

Background imageAlder Collection: Japanese Farm

Japanese Farming Family and their barn

Background imageAlder Collection: Morocco - Road Sweeper

Morocco - Road Sweeper
A road sweeper with a large broom in Tangiers, Morocco

Background imageAlder Collection: Hornbeam, Hazel Leaves

Hornbeam, Hazel Leaves
Hornbeam, hazel, birch, barberry and alder tree leaves in autumn colours


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