Asterid Collection (page 11)

Annual and biannual plants

Gentian sp. gentian
Plate 97 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)

Coffea arabica, coffee
Plate LV11 from Les Plantes ornementales, held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Limonium recurvum, sea lavendar
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Mimulus cardinalis, crimson monkeyflower
Drawing 115 made in 1903 by Arthur Harry Church (1865-1937). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Syringa sp. Scotch lilac
Folio 75 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Coffea arabica L. Arabian coffee
Drawing by Georg Dionysius Ehret. Image used in The Chelsea Gardener Philip Miller (1990) by Hazel Le Rougetel, plate 15

Ilex aquifolium, holly
View of holly with berries covered in snow, in the Natural History Museum Wildlife Garden, January 2003

Rhododendron formosum
One of the 162 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the Central Hall at the Natural History Museum, London

Handwritten notes by John Abbot
Handwritten notes to accompany Plate 34, 7 from Volume 16 by John Abbot. Illustration of Metitaea ismeria and Helianthus tracheliifolius

Helianthus tomentosus, Jerusalem artichoke
Watercolour by Margaret Stones, 1982. Stones studied plants under the microscope as well as dried and living specimens. This drawing shows the full sized plant

Piscidia piscipula, Jamaican dogwood
Specimen from the Sir Hans Sloane Jamaican Botanical Collection, held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Arctopus echinatus
Plate from Rariorus Africanus Plantarum (1738-1739) by J. Burman, of Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)

Bryonia grandis, ivy gourd
Plate 1156 from the Fleming Collection of Indian Drawings, 1800. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Jasminum polyanthum, jasmine
Folio 68 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Senecio vulgaris, groundsel
Folio 46 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Senecio pseudoarnica Less. seaside ragwort
Sketch 11, Newfoundland Volumes. From a collection of original drawings and sketches by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Syringa persica, Persian lilac
Folio 53 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Arctotis sp. South African daisy
Watercolour No. 52 by Gertrude Metz, 1777. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Chrysanthemum segetum, corn marigold
Corn marigold in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Derek Adams, July 2004

Tussilago farfara, coltsfoot
Close-up of a coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) growing in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Derek Adams, March 2003

Echinacea purpurea, purple coneflower

Helichrisum brachteatum, strawflower
Illustration of strawflower (Helichrisum brachteatum) by Sydney Parkinson

Browallia speciosa, amethyst
A pollen grain of the Browallia speciosa (polar view) from the family Solanaceae, the tomato family

Vaccinium sp. blueberry
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a blueberry (Vaccinium sp.), artificially coloured by computer

Coffea sp. coffee beans
Coffee beans photographed in El Salvador by Alex Munro

Acacia sp. babul tree
Watercolour by Olivia Fanny Tonge (1858-1949). From one of sixteen sketchbooks presented to the Natural History Museum in 1952

Tobacco drying and group of workers, Philippines

Cinchona officianalis illustration, quinine
From the Plate Collection of the Natural History Museum, London

Oporornis agilis, Connecticut warbler
Plate 138 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Capsicum annuum Filius blue

Leonotis leonurus, Lions tail
A specimen of Lions tail (Leonotis leonurus) from George Cliffords herbarium

Calceolaria fothergillii, William Aiton, 1789
Calceolaria fothergillii taken from Hortus Kewensis or A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew by William Aiton gardner of his majesty

Primula veris, cowslip
A cowslip in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London

Apocynum

Velleia pubescens, herb
Watercolour by Ferdinand Bauer, held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Zonotrichia albicollis, white-throated sparrow
Plate 8 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved by W.H. Lizars, Edinburgh, retouched by R. Havell & Son, London

Arbutus unedo rubra 123, strawberry tree
An illustrative plate depicting strawberry tree foliage from the Natural History Museum Botany Library Plate Collection

Archilocus colubris, ruby-throated hummingbird
Plate 47 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Ilex aquifolium XLVI, holly
An illustrative plate depicting holly tree foliage from the Natural History Museum Botany Library Plate Collection

Dendroica petechia, yellow warbler
Plate 35 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Dendroica cerulea, cerulean warbler
Plate 49 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Rhododendron moupinense, rhododendron
Illustration 2 from the Large Collection by L. Snelling, 1922. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Gentiana ascepiadea, willow gentian
Illustration by Frederick Polydore Nodder, c. 1770s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Gentianella amarella, felwort
Watercolour no. 211 from Botanica Pharmaceutica 1785, by Andreas Friederich Happe

Gentiana pneumonanthe, marsh gentian
Watercolour no. 210 from Botanica Pharmaceutica 1785, by Andreas Friederich Happe

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