Capsicum Collection

Piper nigrum, pepper vine
Plate 24 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Capsicum frutesceus, common chilli
Illustration by by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Spanish fennel, Nigella hispanica. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896

Limes, peppers, mammy apple and nuts
Limes, Zanthoxylum fagara A, varieties of Capsicum annuum: cayenne pepper B, pimento pepper C, and chili pepper or dago peepee D, and mammee or mammy apple, Mammea americana E, pistachio nut

Herbs and vegetables, plantes condimentaires et fruits legumieres. Corn, Zea mais, cucumber, Cucumis sativus, pepper, Capsicum annuum, tomato, Solanum lycopersicum, caper, Capparis spinosa

Chilly pepper, Capsicum annuum. Handcoloured lithograph by Henry Sowerby after an illustration by L.W. from Edward Hamiltons Flora Homeopathica, Bailliere, London, 1852

Pepper, Capsicum annuum
Le Poivre d Inde. Pepper, Capsicum annuum. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses

Chili pepper or pod pepper, Capsicum annuum. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Chili pepper, Capsicum annuum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

The Strawberry
Represents five varieties of the Strawberry. Upper is the Golden-Drop, on the right is the Hautboy, the middle is the Chili Strawberry, and the lower is the Scarlet-Flesh Pine

Lycopersicum esculentum, Capsicum annum & Capsicum cordiform
Illustration of a love apple tomato and two species of pepper from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Piper ribesioides, pepper
A photograph of one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing Piper ribesioides, pepper from Asia

Capsicum sp. pepper
A basket of peppers showing the huge variety in size, shape and colour of Capsicum

Capsicum sp. caffree chilli
Plate 44 from Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous (1858) by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928)

Capsicum minimum, chillies
Plate 59 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Solanum melongena, eggplant and Capsicum sp. chilli
Plate 54 from Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous (1858) by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928)

Plantes Condimentaires
Plate 24 from Le Regne Vegetal plantes agricoles, Vol 12. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Capsicum annuum Filius blue

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