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Buckthorn Collection

Background imageBuckthorn Collection: A few varieties of Desert Cacti - USA

A few varieties of Desert Cacti - USA. Date: 1933

Background imageBuckthorn Collection: Mediterranean buckthorn, Rhamnus alaternus

Mediterranean buckthorn, Rhamnus alaternus
Italian buckthorn or Mediterranean buckthorn, Rhamnus alaternus. Nerprun alaterne. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Background imageBuckthorn Collection: Wart snake or little filesnake, Acrochordus granulatus

Wart snake or little filesnake, Acrochordus granulatus. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy

Background imageBuckthorn Collection: Common brimstone, Gonepteryx rhamni

Common brimstone, Gonepteryx rhamni
Common brimstone butterfly, Gonepteryx rhamni, caterpillar and pupa (Buckthorn butterfly, Papilio rhamni). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Background imageBuckthorn Collection: Alder buckthorn or glossy buckthorn, Frangula alnus

Alder buckthorn or glossy buckthorn, Frangula alnus. Handcoloured woodblock print by Wolfgang Meyerpick after an illustration by Giorgio Liberale from Pietro Andrea Mattiolis Discorsi di P.A

Background imageBuckthorn Collection: Gooseberry, Ribes uva-crispa, and alder buckthorn

Gooseberry, Ribes uva-crispa, and alder buckthorn, Rhamnus frangula. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageBuckthorn Collection: Alpine buckthorn, Rhamnus alpina

Alpine buckthorn, Rhamnus alpina. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke after Thomas Shotter Boys from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1825

Background imageBuckthorn Collection: Cascara buckthorn or bearberry, Frangula purshiana

Cascara buckthorn or bearberry, Frangula purshiana (Rhamnus purshiana). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler

Background imageBuckthorn Collection: Purging buckthorn tree, Rhamnus cathartica

Purging buckthorn tree, Rhamnus cathartica, Rhamnus catharticus, Nerprun purgatif. Handcoloured steel engraving by Oudet after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A

Background imageBuckthorn Collection: Sea buckthorn, Elaeagnus rhamnoides

Sea buckthorn, Elaeagnus rhamnoides (Hippophae rhamnoides). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany

Background imageBuckthorn Collection: Chinese buckthorn, Frangula alnus

Chinese buckthorn, Frangula alnus
La Frangula de la Chine. Chinese buckthorn, Frangula alnus. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses

Background imageBuckthorn Collection: Purging buckthorn, Rhamnus cathartica

Purging buckthorn, Rhamnus cathartica. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Background imageBuckthorn Collection: Alder buckthorn, Frangula alnus

Alder buckthorn, Frangula alnus (Rhamnus frangula). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Background imageBuckthorn Collection: Common buckthorn or purging buckthorn, Rhamnus cathartica

Common buckthorn or purging buckthorn, Rhamnus cathartica. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Background imageBuckthorn Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 454

Curtis British Entomology Plate 454
Coleoptera: Drypta emarginata = Drypta dentata (Blue Drypta) [Plant: Hippophae rhamnoides (Sea Buckthorn)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageBuckthorn Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 286

Curtis British Entomology Plate 286
Coleoptera: Trichius variabilis = Gnoremus variabilis (8-spotted Oak-beetle) [Plant: Rhamnus frangula (Alder Buckthorn)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageBuckthorn Collection: Illustration, Rhopalocera

Illustration, Rhopalocera -- Thais Cerisyi, Gonepteryx Cleopatra, Euchloe Belemia, Zegris Eupheme, Argynnis Laodice, Vanessa Levana, Vanessa Ichnusa, Spilothyrus Lavaterae, Pamphila Nostrodamus

Background imageBuckthorn Collection: Rhamnus purshiana, cascara buckthorn

Rhamnus purshiana, cascara buckthorn
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageBuckthorn Collection: Rubus Rhamnifolius

Rubus Rhamnifolius
Buckthorn-Leaved Bramble (Blackberry)


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