Asparagales Collection (page 5)

Bluebell
A 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 Orchids
Watercolour 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, 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

Aloe succotrina, fynbos aloe & Aloe vera, true aloe
Sketch 249 from the Ehret Collection of Sketches (unbound) by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Masdevallia chimaera, orchid
Illustration by Arthur Harry Church, 1912. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Ophrys purpurea, orchid
Illustration by Arthur Harry Church, 1906. 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

Odontoglossum alexandrea, orchid
Illustration by Arthur Harry Church, 1907. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Haworthia herbacea, haworthia
Sketch 295 from the Ehret Collection of Sketches (unbound) by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Cedrus libani, cedar of Lebanon & Agave americana, century p
Sketch 252 from the Ehret Collection of Sketches (unbound) by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Loddigesia mirabilis, marvellous spatuletail
Plate 161, hand coloured lithograph from John Goulds A Monograph of the Trochilid, or Family of Hummingbirds, Vol.3, (1849-61)

Iris maxima, iris
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Xanthopan morgani praedicta, hawkmoth
A species of hawkmoth used by Darwin in conjunction with the Madagascan orchid to prove his theories of evolution

(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

Convallaria polygonatum, solomons seal root
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Cattleya forbesii, cattleya orchid
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Epidendrum bifolium

Epidendrum elongatum, orchid
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Epidendrum secundrum

Rodriguezia rigida, orchid
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Epidendrum corniculatum

Stigmaphyllon ciliatum, orchid vine
Finished watercolour drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Banisteria ciliata

Xanthorrhoea resinosa, grass tree
Finished watercolour by James Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Dendrobium discolor, golden orchid
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outine drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Dendrobium rigidum, orchid
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outine drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Dendrobium canaliculatum, teatree orchid
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outine drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

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

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