Arabis Collection

Thale cress or arabidopsis, Arabidopsis thaliana
Thale cress, mouse-ear cress or arabidopsis, Arabidopsis thaliana, Arabis thaliana, Arabette rameuse. Handcoloured steel engraving by Alphonse-Leon Noel after a botanical illustration by Edouard

Cyprus rose-flowered rockcress, Arabis purpurea. Purple-flowered aubrietia, Aubrietia purpurea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by Edward Dalton Smith

Vesircaria, rocket, toothwort and wallcress species
Globe-podded vesicaria, Vesicaria utriculata, yellow rocket, Barbaria vulgaris, rock alyssum, Aurinia saxatilis, mountain alyssum, Alyssum montanum, five-leaved toothwort, Dentaria pentaphylla

Basil, Ocimum basilicum, and whitetop or hoary cress, Lepidium draba. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Alpine wall-cress, Arabis alpina. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sansom from William Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1793

HMS Crocus, British sloop, at Basra, Iraq
HMS Crocus, British Arabis class sloop, at Margil jetty, Basra, Iraq. Date: circa 1923

Curtis British Entomology Plate 717
Hemiptera: *Coccus aceris, = Aleurochiton aceris (but cf. Eulecanium tiliae) [Plant: Arabis glabra (Turritis glabra, Tower Mustard)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 701
Hemiptera: Miris tritici = Notostira elongata [Plant: Arabis scabra (Arabis stricta, Bristol Rock-cress)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 635
Lepidoptera: Scopelosoma satellitia = Eupsilia transversa (The Satellites Moth) [Plant: Arabis hirsuta (Hairy Rock-cress)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 146
Diptera: Gasterophilus salutiferus = Gasterophilus nasalis (Healthful Bot- or Warble-fly) [Plant: Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabis thaliana, Common Wall Cress)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 74
Hemiptera: Cydnus dubius = Sehirus dubius (Dark Blue Shield-bug) [Plant: Arabis turrita (Tower Wall-cress)] Date: 1824-39

PLANTS / ARABIS HIRSUTA
HAIRY ROCK-CRESS Date: early 20th century

Rose-coloured rock-cress, Arabis rosea.. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtiss The Botanical Magazine, Samuel Curtis

Arabis & Forget-me-Not Display, Wiggie, Surrey
Arabis & Forget-me-Not Display, Wiggie, Redhill, Surrey, England. Date: 1910s

HMS Cornflower, British minesweeping sloop
HMS Cornflower, British Arabis class minesweeping sloop. Date: circa 1920s

Crew of HMS Cornflower, British minesweeping sloop
Four crew members of HMS Cornflower, British minesweeping sloop. Date: circa 1920s

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