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Elaeis guineensis, African oil palmIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Corypha cerifera, Brazilian wax palmIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Dracaena warocquei, cordylineIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Musa coccinea, scarlet bananaPlate 913 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Probosciger aterrimus, palm cockatooPlate 42, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China
Cocoa nucifera L. coco palmCoconut and coco palm illustrations from Koehlers Medizinal-Pflanzen in naturgetreuen Abbildungen, 1887-1888, held in the Natural History Museums Botany Library
Poa pratensis, smooth meadow-grassIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Lotium perenne, perennial rye grassIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Guilielma speciosa C. Martius, peach palmIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Holcus landatus, Yorkshire fogIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Canna indica, Indian shotPlate 919 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Coix lachryma, pit pit grassIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Platalea leucorodia, Eurasian spoonbillPlate 32 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Panurus biarmicus, bearded titPlate 30 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Pineapple with insectsPlate 2 from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium by Maria Sybilla Merian
Rhizomys vestitus, bamboo ratPlate 46 from Recherches pour servir a l histoire naturelle des Mammifcres, Vols. 1-4, 1868-74, by Dr. Henri Milne-Edwards (1800-1885) & Dr. Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835-1900)
Fesuca pratensis, meadow fescueIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Chrysalidocarpus lutescens, areca palmFig 11. The Areca Palm, illustration probably from an edition of the Gardeners Chronicle. Artwork held in the Natural History Museums Botany Library
Phrymium spPlate 915 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Dendrocalamus strictus, giant bambooIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Cocus nucifera, coconut palmPlate 985 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Oryza sativa, common riceIllustration from Icones Plantarum Medicinalium (1788-1812) by Joseph Plenck, plate 178. Original artwork held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Plants used as foodIllustration of arrowroot, manioc or cassava, yam and sweet potato. Plate 9 from Vegetable Kingdom 1872, by William Rhind
Acrocephalus arundinaceus, great reed warblerPlate 72 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Eleusine coracana, finger milletIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Emberiza schoeniclus, reed buntingPlate 29 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Strelitzia reginae, Queen plantIllustration from The Temple of Flora (1812) by Dr Robert John Thornton (1768-1837)
Attalea funifera C. Martius ex Sprengel, bahia piassaba palmIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Seaforth elegans & Lodoicea sechallarum, palm treesSeaforth elegans (above) and Lodoicea sechellarum (below). Tab 109 from Genera et Species Palmarum, Plates Vol III by Carl von Martius
Botaurus stellaris, Eurasian bittern
Volatinia jacarina, blue-black grassquitPlate 37 (1:37b) a watercolour by Sydney Parkinson from Sir Joseph Banks commission of natural history drawings from Captain James Cooks first voyage (Endeavour 1768-1771)
Cycas media, nut palm
Cycas angulata, cycadPlate 159 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)
Clemmys guttata, spotted turtle
Canna flaccida, swamp cannaDrawing 48 (Ewan 26) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Ananas sp. pineapplePlate 166 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)
Zea mays, maizeThis large cultivated grass called maize or sweet corn is an important cereal. Grain is ground for flour as well as forming a table vegetable, the husks are used as fuel & the leaves for cattle fodder
Dobbo in the Trading SeasonPlate opposite page 472 from The Malay Archipelago by Alfred Russel Wallace, London 1874
Seed specimensA variety of seed specimens including castor bean (Ricinus communis) and date palm (Phoenix dactylifera), held at the Natural History Museum, London
Palm trees. FijiA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Coconut palms, Papeete, Tahiti, Society IslandsA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Plantation. Ovalau Island, FijiA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
OatsA scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of oats, artificially coloured by computer
Distant tower seen over palm trees. FijiA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Amomum zingiber Linn. gingerIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
PalmPlate 23 from The Shape, Skeleton and Foliage of Thirty Two Species of Trees, 1786 by A. Cozens. The series was originally issued in 1771
Zingiber sylvestre & Z. angustifolium, gingerIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London