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Narcissus tazetta, tazetta daffodilPainting 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
HeathlandOriginal artwork for Heathland by Barbara Nicholson, signed B.E.N. copyright British Museum (Natural History) 1973, printed in England by Lund Humphries
Heathland poster with captions by Barbara Nicholson, signed B.E.N. copyright British Museum (Natural History) 1973, printed in England by Lund Humphries
Ophrys apifera, bee orchidWatercolour by Arthur Harry Church, 17 June 1913
Cypripedium reginae, ladys slipper orchid. Also known as piAlthough the current name of this orchid is Cypripedium reginae, the name on the original plate reads Cypripedium spectabile, which may have been the name accepted at the time
Vegetable rootsPlate 4 from Le Regne Vegetal, Vol 12, Hort. Atlas (1870). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Entitled Racines alimentaires
Cypripedium calceolus, Ladys slipper orchidWatercolour from British Orchids (1792-1817), by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Angraecum sesquipedale, Madagascan orchidThis species of orchid was used by Darwin to prove his theories of evolution. Illustration from The British Museum (Natural History) by Peter Whitehead and Colin Keates, 1981
Cypripedium candidum, small white lady s-slipperIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Food plant bulbsPlate 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
Cypripedium calceolus, Ladys Slipper OrchidOriginally published in: Paxtons magazine of botany, and register of flowering plants. Published in London. December 1836. Natural History Museums Botany Library. Plate Collection number 169
Phormium tenax, New Zealand flaxA watercolour commissioned by Sir Joseph Banks and sketched by Sydney Parkinson during the Endeavour Voyage. Parkinson died at sea before he could complete it
Amaryllis vittata, amaryllisIllustration No.3 by Peter Brown, c. 1760s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Cattleya skinneri, English orchidPlate 13 from Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala (1837-1843) by James Bateman. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Iris sp. blue irisFolio 67 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Macropus giganteus, eastern gray kangaroo and Xanthorrhoea sGum-plant, and Kangooroo of New Holland. Drawing 56 By George Raper, 1789
Crocus sativus, saffronPlate 25 from Le Regne Vegetal. Vol 10 Flore Medicale Atlas 3 (1870). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Crocus sativa, saffronPlate 93 from Botanicum Medicinale (1759) by Timothy Sheldrake. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Agapanthus, lily of the Nile
Vanda caerulea, Himalayan orchidIllustration from the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. This plant was thought to be extinct in 1996
Cymbidium aloifolium, orchidPlate 869 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Allium cepa, onionIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Vanilla planifolia, vanillaIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. Engraved by John Nugent Fitch
Allium sativum, garlicIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Galeandra baueri, orchidIllustration from Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala (1837-43) by James Bateman. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Doryanthes excelsa, gymea lilyColoured engraving by Ferdinand Bauer, published in Illustrationes florae Novae Hollandiae (1816). Made from field sketches
Zephyranthes atamasco, amaryllisWatercolour on paper, c.1770-1796 by Mary Moser (1744-1819). Held in the Library and Archives
Tritonia crocatia, flame freesia, M. LawranceWatercolour on vellum, 1794 by Mary Lawrance (fl.1790-1830) Held in the Library and Archives Date: 1794
Serapias cordigera by Hilda Margaret GodferyWatercolour on paper, 1908 by Hilda Margaret Godfery (1871-1930). Held in the Library and Archives Date: 1908
Rose, primula, Narcissus, FritillariaInk & wash on paper, c. 1820 by Lucy Hardcastle (1771-c.1835). Held in the Library and Archives Date: circa 1820
OrchidWatercolour by Robert Schomburgk, 1840s Date: 1840
Hippeastrum, Dutch amaryllisIllustration by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840), held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Sketch of Orchis maculata by Robert BrownSketch of an Orchidaceous suspensor, 27th July 1831, by Robert Brown, the eminent Scottish botanist
Sketch of Cypripedium reginae / spectabile by Robert BrownA sketch by Robert Brown, the eminent botanist
Iris odoratissima, tall bearded irisIllustration from Plantarum rariorum Horti Csarei Schoenbrunnensis descriptiones et icones, 1797/98, by Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Renanthera coccineaPlate 21 from H.F. Hances `Wild Flowers of Hong Kong
Anthericum ciliatumIllustration from Plantarum rariorum Horti Csarei Schoenbrunnensis descriptiones et icones, 1797/98, by Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Asparagus capensisIllustration from Plantarum rariorum Horti Csarei Schoenbrunnensis descriptiones et icones, 1797/98, by Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
PlatantheraDried specimen of Platanthera, from the John Clayton Collection
Spiranthus speciosa, orchidIllustration from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Iris susiana, mourning irisIllustration from Flore des serres XI page 23, held in the Botany Library Plate Collection at the Natural History Museum, London
Hyacinthoides nonscripta, bluebellBluebells (Hyacinthoides nonscripta) growing in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. May 2003
Dragon Tree, Tenerife 1873A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Hyacinthus sp. Eastern hyacinthsFolio 25 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Garrulus glandarius, European jayAn European jay (Garrulus glandarius), taken in the U.K. Photographed by Frank Greenaway
Sprekelia formosissima, jacobean lily
Iris kochii, German irisPlate XXXVI from The Genus Iris (1913) by William Rickatson Dykes (1877-1925). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Iris reichenbachii, small bearded alpine irisWatercolour by Frank Howard Round, 1922. Inscribed: Reichenbachii seed 1914, near Kromitza, N.W. Athos, Macedonia, Greece