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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
Phlogophilus hemileucurus, Ecuadorian piedtailPlate 360, hand coloured lithograph from John Goulds A Monograph of the Trochilid, or Family of Hummingbirds, (1861)
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
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
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)
Convallaria magalis, lily-of-the-valleyFolio 28 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Laceolabinuin rubra, tree orchidPlate 22 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London
Vanilla aromatica, vanillaPlate 34 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London
Crinum sp. lilyPlate 53 from Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous (1858) by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928)
Aerides iindleyanum, rock orchidPlate 65 from Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous (1858) by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928)
Habernaria logicalearata, orchid and Lilium neilgherrense, l
Amaryllis hybrida miniata, amaryllisPainting from Catalogus Horti Academici Vindobonensis (1842) by Stephan Endlicher. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Iris xiphioides, English IrisDrawing 173/10 by Arthur Harry Church (1865-1937), published in 1907. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Catasetum macrocarpum, monkshead 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
Amaryllis brasiliensis, Hippeastrum rutilum, amaryllisPainting 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
OrchideaePlate 155 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)
Dendrobium speciosum, rock orchidIllustration 48 from the Collection of Drawings by George Raper, held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Iris tectorum Maxim. wild irisFrom The genus Iris (1913) by William Rickatson Dykes (1877-1925). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Bletia verecunda, tropical 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
Feuilles Nervation from Le Regne Vegetal plantes agricolesPlate 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)
Xanthorrhoea sp
Gladiolus sp. corn flagPlate 159 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)
Arbor DraconisPlate 301 from J.G. Simula Flora Exotica
Iris setosa, blue flagPlate XXIII from The Genus Iris (1913) by William Rickatson Dykes (1877-1925). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Babiana ringens, rats tail babianaIllustration from Plantarum Horti Medici Amstelodamensis (1706) by Caspar Commelin. Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)
Narcissus sp. daffodilIllustration from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Gottfried Simula. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Iris kaempferi, Japanese irisPlate XIX from The Genus Iris (1913) by William Rickatson Dykes (1877-1925). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus, hyacinth macawA hyacinth macaw (Anondorhynchus hyacinthinus) flight feather.Photograph used in Dr Anglea Milners Dino-Birds (2002)
Arbor draconis, dragon treeIllustration from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Godfried Simula. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Cordyline liliaceous tree, peculiar to New ZealandA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Iris pseudacorus, yellow irisYellow iris pods and seeds. Many seeds are produced in traingular pods and are dispersed by water
Plate 64 from British OrchidsWatercolour from British Orchids (1792-1817), by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Plate 79 from British OrchidsWatercolour from British Orchids (1792-1817), by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Tritonia aureaIllustration of Tritonia aurea, from volume 15 (1849) of Paxtons Magazine of Botany, held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
BluebellA bluebell from the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London
Phalaenopsis mariae, marias phalaenopsis. Taken from Burbiges sketch book
Phalaenopsis luteola, yellowish phalaenopsis. Taken from Burbidges sketch book
Plate 33 from British OrchidsWatercolour from British Orchids (1792-1817), by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Narcissus x odorus, daffodilWatercolour 313 from the Saharunpore Gardens Collection, c. 1950s
Narcissus x medioluteus, peerless primrosePlate 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