Botany Collection (#60)

Ficus tinctoria, dye fig
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Lotium perenne, perennial rye grass
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Guilielma speciosa C. Martius, peach palm
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Holcus landatus, Yorkshire fog
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Acer sacharenum, rock maple tree
Illustration of rock maple tree leaves from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Mentha arvensis, peppermint
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Quercus robur, oak tree
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Eucalyptus globulus, Tasmanian bluegum
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. This illustration is entitled Eucalyptus Globulus Labillardicre

Ruige ahornboom, acer
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Coix lachryma, pit pit grass
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Glycyrrhiza echinata, liquorice
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Ophyoxylum serpentinum
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Betula odorata, birch
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. Leaves and catkins of birch tree

Trifolium sp. clover
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Ricinus communis, caster oil tree
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. Castor oil tree in flower

Agave candelabrum, agave
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Glycyrrhiza glabra, liquorice
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Aloe succotrin, aloe
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

The General Herbarium
View looking east along the present day herbarium in the Botany Department at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed in 1970

Bixa orellana, lipstick tree
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Laurier camphrier, camphor
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Onobrychis sativa, sainfoin seed
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Haematoxylum campechianum, bloodwood tree
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Paeonia sp. paeony
Plate 4 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Ipomoea diversifolia, morning-glory
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. Annotated in manuscript Pharbitis diversifolia

Dioscorea decaisneana, yam
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Garcinia mangostana, Mangosteen
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Spiraea sp
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Broussonetia papyrifera, paper mulberry
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Fesuca pratensis, meadow fescue
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Olea europaea, acebuche
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Olea europaea, olive
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Allium schoenoprasum, chive
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Lagetta lintearia, lace-bark tree
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Manihot glaziovii, Ceara rubber tree
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. This tree, which is native to Hawaii, is from the family Euphorbiaceae

Citrus limonum, lemon
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Garcinia hanburyi, Hanburys garcinia
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Dendrocalamus strictus, giant bamboo
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Theobroma cacao, cocoa
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Plants used as food
Illustration of arrowroot, manioc or cassava, yam and sweet potato. Plate 9 from Vegetable Kingdom 1872, by William Rhind

Eleusine coracana, finger millet
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Pierre-Joseph Redoute (1759-1840)
Portrait of Pierre-Joseph Redoute, a French painter. From Les Roses (1817) Vol. 1, by Pierre-Joseph Redoute

Anthemis nobilis, chamomile
Plate 154 from Medicinal Plants by Bentley & Trimen, Vol 2 1880. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Quercus rober niger, oak tree
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Chicorium intybus, chicory
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Juglands regia, English walnut
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Agave sisalana, sisal

The Bernard Sunley Room
Housing large books in the Natural History Museums Department of Botany

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