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Papaya treeEtching taken from Histoire generale des Antilles habitees par les Francois by Jean Baptiste Du Tertre. Shows two Adam and Eve type figures and papaya tree
Brassica spPlate 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 palmettoWatercolour by William Young, 1767. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Papaya tree (Carica papaya). Engraving, 19 th centuryHistory of Africa. 19th century. Papaya tree (Carica papaya). Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre
Capparis canescens, dog capersOutline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Carica papaya, PapayaHand-coloured engraving based on Maria Sibylla Merian watercolour. From Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, 1726 edition. Date: 1726
Tropaeolum peregrinum, Canary bird flowerIllustration from Plantarum rariorum Horti Csarei Schoenbrunnensis descriptiones et icones, 1797/98, by Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Brassica nigra, black mustardIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Brassica alba, white mustardIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Senecio candidans, sea cabbageFinished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Cacalia lanuginosa
Carica papaya and Anagallis spTab 3. Papaya, Anagallis and Gramen, from Plantae et Papilliones Rariores, by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770), 1748-1759
Gyrostemon ramulosus, sandhill corkbarkPlate 123 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)
Cabbages, Kerguelen IslandA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Rosa centifolia, cabbage roseIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Reseda alba, white upright mignonetteWatercolour by Arthur Harry Church, 21 August 1906. Plate 155
Raphanus spp. radish and Daucus carota, carrotWatercolour 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 treePlate 70 from Vieillots Histoire naturelle de oiseaux d Amerique Central Volume 12. The Natural History of Birds from Central America
Reseda lutea, yellow mignonetteDrawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1904. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 156
Reseda odorata, garden mignonetteDrawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1906. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 160
Lunaria biennis, honestyWatercolour by Arthur Harry Church, undated. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 146
Pieris rapae, small white butterfliesThese 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 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)
Aramus guarauna pictus, limpkinDrawing 56 (Ewan 18) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram
Seiurus motacilla, Louisiana waterthrushPlate 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
Capparis spinosa, caperDuchess of Beauforts Hortus Siccus, specimen 133: 67 (Sloane Herbarium)
Carica papaya L. papaya or melon pawpawSketch 7 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
Salvadora persica, toothbrush tree
Capparis lucida, coast caperFinished 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