Amaryllidaceae Collection

Narcissus tazetta, tazetta daffodil
Painting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33. Illustration entitled Narcisse a plusieurs fleurs

Vegetable roots
Plate 4 from Le Regne Vegetal, Vol 12, Hort. Atlas (1870). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Entitled Racines alimentaires

Food plant bulbs
Plate 8 from Le Regne Vegetal, Vol 12, Hort. Atlas (1870). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Illustration entitled Plantes bulbeuses alimentaires

Amaryllis vittata, amaryllis
Illustration No.3 by Peter Brown, c. 1760s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Agapanthus, lily of the Nile

Allium cepa, onion
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Haemanthus incarnatus. Illustration from William Herbert, Amaryllidaceae. Preceded by An attempt to arrange the monocotyledonous orders

Allium sativum, garlic
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Zephyranthes atamasco, amaryllis
Watercolour on paper, c.1770-1796 by Mary Moser (1744-1819). Held in the Library and Archives

Rose, primula, Narcissus, Fritillaria
Ink & wash on paper, c. 1820 by Lucy Hardcastle (1771-c.1835). Held in the Library and Archives Date: circa 1820

Hippeastrum, Dutch amaryllis
Illustration by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840), held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Sprekelia formosissima, jacobean lily

Allium ampeloprasum, broadleaf wild leek
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Allium schoenoprasum, chive
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Narcissus tazetta, tazetta
Plate 57 from Collection of water-colour drawings of Flowers after Nature by Gerrit van Spaendonck (1746-1822)

Allium ursinum, wild garlic
Ramsons, or wild garlic is an attractive flower in the woodlands area of the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Derek Adams, April 2003

Galanthus nivalis, snowdrop
Watercolour by Arthur Harry Church, 1904. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Narcissus, daffodil
Engraving by Gouy after a painting from Choix Des Plus Belles Fleurs by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840)

Narcissus tazetta, daffodil
Drawing by Georg Dionysius Ehret. Image used in The Chelsea Gardener Philip Miller (1990) by Hazel Le Rougetel, page 199

Nerine sarniensis, Guernsey lily
Drawing by Georg Dionysius Ehert. Image from The Chelsea Gardener Philip Miller (1990) by Hazel Le Rougetel, plate 1

Narcissus pseudonarcissus, daffodil
Drawing 743 by Arthur Harry Church, 1903. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Proiphys amboinense
Illustration from Plantarum Horti Medici Amstelodamensis (1706) by Caspar Commelin. Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)

Crinum sp. lily
Plate 53 from Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous (1858) by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928)

Amaryllis hybrida miniata, amaryllis
Painting from Catalogus Horti Academici Vindobonensis (1842) by Stephan Endlicher. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Amaryllis brasiliensis, Hippeastrum rutilum, amaryllis
Painting by Ignace Strenzel and engraved by Audery Weber. From Thesaurus botanicus Plate 43 (1805-1819) by Leopald Trattinick. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Feuilles Nervation from Le Regne Vegetal plantes agricoles
Plate 34 from Le Regne Vegetal plantes agricoles, Vol 3. 1. Amaryllis vittata, 2. Blackea trinervia, 3. Melastoma tomentosum, 4. Hetre (Beech), 5. Ginkgo, 6. Figuier (Fig), 7. Capucine (Nasturtium)

Narcissus sp. daffodil
Illustration from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Gottfried Simula. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Narcissus x odorus, daffodil
Watercolour 313 from the Saharunpore Gardens Collection, c. 1950s

Narcissus x medioluteus, peerless primrose
Plate 22 from Fifty Flowers Drawn from Nature at Halifax (1785-1787) by James Bolton. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Amaryllis sp. amarylis
Page 53 from Drawings, Letters and Manuscripts of N. J. Jacquin (c. 1790) by Baron Nicolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727-1817). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

(1) tarragon (2) salad burnet (3) garden leek (4) sorrel (5)
Plate 9 from Le Regne Vegetal, Vol 12, Hort. Atlas, 1870. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Entitled Plantes potageres de divers usages

Amaryllis bresilienne, amaryllis
Painting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33

Coccinella 7-punctata, seven spot ladybird
A familiar seven-spot ladybird resting on a chive plant. Ladybirds are a beneficial insect to gardeners as they feed on aphids both as an adult and as larva. Photograph taken in Surrey by D. J

Narcissus Marksman of the Amaryllidaceae family, with a bright yellow flower and orange centre

Narcissus Cantabricus Monophyllus (Durieu) of the Amaryllidaceae family. It has one leaf per bulb, and a creamy white flower

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