Brassicaceae Collection

Brassica sp
Plate 11 from Le regne vegetal (1870): the plant kingdom, Vol 12. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Sabal palmetto, cabbage palmetto
Watercolour by William Young, 1767. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Brassica nigra, black mustard
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Brassica alba, white mustard
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Senecio candidans, sea cabbage
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Cacalia lanuginosa

Cabbages, Kerguelen Island
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Rosa centifolia, cabbage rose
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Raphanus spp. radish and Daucus carota, carrot
Watercolour of a radish with intertwined growth & carrot also intertwined by Sarah Stone (c. 1760-1844) from the collection of Sir Ashton Lever

Le Merle palmiste, blackbird in cabbage tree
Plate 70 from Vieillots Histoire naturelle de oiseaux d Amerique Central Volume 12. The Natural History of Birds from Central America

Lunaria biennis, honesty
Watercolour by Arthur Harry Church, undated. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 146

Pieris rapae, small white butterflies
These white butterflies are also known as cabbage whites, this is because they lay their eggs on cabbage and other cultivated crops, which their caterpillars readily destroy

Annuals and biannual plants

Feuilles Nervation from Le Regne Vegetal plantes agricoles
Plate 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)

Aramus guarauna pictus, limpkin
Drawing 56 (Ewan 18) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram

Seiurus motacilla, Louisiana waterthrush
Plate 19 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

Brassica Oleracea Gemmifera (Brussels Sprouts), a vegetable of the Brassicaceae family, seen here still attached to the stalk

Draba Aizoides in the Gummen Alps, Switzerland
Draba Aizoides (Yellow Whitlowgrass) growing on rocks in the Gummen Alps, Switzerland. It is a cruciferous plant of the Brassicaceae (cabbage family), with many species. It has bright yellow flowers

Alyssum Saxatile Citrinum (Basket of Gold), a hardy perennial of the Brassicaceae family, with yellow flowers suitable for rock gardens and borders

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