Crocus Collection

Poisonous Plants
Water Hemlock (Cicuta Virosa); Conium Maculatum; Digitalis Purpurea; Cypress Spurge (Euphorbia Cyparissias); Pasque Flower (Anemone Pulsatilla); Autumn Crocus

Crocus and Snowdrops
Colchicum (Crocus) and Galanthus (Snowdrop)

Saffron crocus, Crocus sativa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr

Plants / Crocus Sativus
SAFFRON

Crocus sativus, saffron
Plate 25 from Le Regne Vegetal. Vol 10 Flore Medicale Atlas 3 (1870). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Crocus sativa, saffron
Plate 93 from Botanicum Medicinale (1759) by Timothy Sheldrake. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Crocus & Snowdrop / Language of Flowers
Crocus & Snowdrop personified

Common saffron crocus, Crocus sativa. Handcoloured lithograph by Henry Sowerby after an illustration by L.W. from Edward Hamiltons Flora Homeopathica, Bailliere, London, 1852

Largest purple spring crocus, Crocus vernus var. obovatus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell for Samuel Curtis continuation of William Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1821

Plants / Crocus
on Left, Crocus Vernus (Dutch Crocus) on Right, Crocus Sativus (Saffron Crocus)

Wild daffodil and snowdrops
Wild daffodil, Narcissus pseudonarcissus, and snowdrops, Galanthus nivalis

Spring crocus and European peacock butterfly
Spring crocus, Crocus vernus, and European peacock butterfly, Aglais io

A female photographer among crocuses in Soapery Gardens
A female photographer sits in the midst of a sea of purple and white crocuses in Soapery Gardens, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. She wears brightly coloured clothes Date: 2014

Autograph pages relating to Harland and Wolff
Autograph pages: two Edwardian album pages signed by Lord Pirrie, chairman of Harland and Wolff, and Margaret Carlisle, later Viscountess Pirrie. 16ins. 12ins. and 9ins. 11ins

Autographs on card with flowers, relating to an Anglo Irish Society family involved in the planning, design and building of the Olympic class liners. Date: early 20th century

Autumn crocus, Colchicum autumnale
Autumn crocus, meadow saffron or naked ladies, Colchicum autumnale, Linn. Colchique d Automne

Silvery crocus, Crocus biflorus (Small annulate crocus, Crocus annulatus var. pusillus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by A

Dutch yellow crocus, Crocus flavus (Cream-coloured crocus, Crocus lagenaeflorus var. aureus lacteus)

Crocuses, Croci. Crocus gargaricus, reticulatus v. albicans, vallicola, cancellatus v. margaritaceus, cancellatus v. mazziaricus, striatus, hadriaticus v. saundersianus, hadriatcus v

Showy Autumn crocus, Crocus speciosus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G. Barclay after Miss Sarah Drake from John Lindley and Robert Sweets Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G

Crocus minimus (Corsican crocus, Crocus minimus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G. Barclay after W. Herbert from John Lindley and Robert Sweets Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G

Fragrant crocus, Crocus suaveolens. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after J.T. Hart from John Lindley and Robert Sweets Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854

Crocus imperati (Imperatos crocus, Crocus imperationius). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from John Lindley and Robert Sweets Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854

Cloth of gold crocus, Crocus reticulatus (Crocus variegatus). Handcoloured lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendals German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), Jena, 1871

Lily and orchid species including orchis, cypripedium, epidendrum, dendrobium, canna, crocus, strelizia, banana, iris, fritillary, aloe, ginger, etc

Saffron crocus, Crocus sativus, Safran. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lagesse after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Crocus flowers, Crocus sativus, and calligraphic poem. Chromolithograph by Louis Prang from Alice Ward Baileys Flower Fancies, Boston, 1889

Saffron or autumnal crocus, Crocus officinalis

Cloth of gold, Crocus angustifolius and enchanter s
Monandria 1, 2, cloth of gold, Crocus angustifolius (Triandria) 3, and enchanters nightshade, Circaea alpina (Diandria) 4, 5

Crocus varieties: Crocus chrysanthus 1, Crocus nivalis 2, Crocus veluchensis 3, and Crocus serotinus subsp. salzmannii 4, 5 (as C. salzmannianus and C. byzantinus)

Spring crocus, Crocus vernus. Handcolured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis The Botanical Magazine, Lambeth Marsh, London, 1787

Colchicum trigynum (Caucasian merendera, Merendera caucasica)

Mountain crocus, Crocus serotinus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom Jr. after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis Botanical Magazine, T. Curtis, London, 1810

Achiote and saffron crocus
Achiote, Bixa orellana, and saffron crocus, Crocus sativus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1795

Saffron, Crocus sativus. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

HMS Crocus, British sloop, at Basra, Iraq
HMS Crocus, British Arabis class sloop, at Margil jetty, Basra, Iraq. Date: circa 1923

Music cover, Crocuses and Snowdrops, sung by Madame Sainton Dolby, written by Jane Rutland, composed by Rachel Evans. mid-19th century

Curtis British Entomology Plate 657
Hemiptera: Delphax longipennis = Stenocranus longipennis (Curtis) [Plant: Cochicum autumnale (Autumn Crocus)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 612
Hemiptera: *Rhyparochromus maculipennis Curtis [Plant: Romulea columnae (Trichonema columnae, Sand Crocus)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 609
Diptera: Scenopinus rugosus = Scenopinus niger [Plant: Crocus maesiacus ] Date: 1824-39

FALL / BEAGLE / 1937
Three beagles in a row: YARRELLS FRISK CHAMPION CROCUS CHAMPION PIRATE Owner: Chelmsford Date: 1937

Flowers / Larousse 1913
Annuals & Biannuals: hyacinths, tulips, foxgloves; nasturtiums, chrsyanthemums, lily, sweet peas, pansies, marigold, crocus, eschscholzia, begonia. 1913

Iris Reticulata and Crocus Chrysanthus
Two spring flowers growing alongside each other

Curtis / Spring Crocus
Spring Crocus Crocus Vernus

Robins in the snow with banners on a New Year card
Robins in the snow with yellow banners on a New Year card -- A Band of Hope. Date: circa 1890s

White and purple flowers on a hand-coloured card
White snowdrops and purple crocuses on a hand-coloured greetings card with gothic style text. Date: circa 1890s

Crocus Garden 1904
A young woman, seated on a garden bench, enjoys the abundance of crocii (in white, yellow & purple) planted in large beds & in long tom pots on an Auricula theatre. Date: 1904

Least purple crocus, Crocus minimus.. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtiss The Botanical Magazine, Samuel Curtis, 1830

Golden crocus, Crocus aureus.. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtiss The Botanical Magazine, Samuel Curtis, 1830

Crocus-flowered meadow-saffron Colchicum crociflorum.. Illustration by Miss C. Curtis (Samuels daughter?), engraved by Weddell

Crocus-leav d ixia with purple flowers, native of Spain and Italy, Ixia bulbocodium

Woodland Crocus - mass flowering -ʳpring - March
Woodland Crocus - mass flowering -╩│pring - March (Crocus tommasinianus ). private garden - Haslemere - Surrey - UK

Design for Woven Textile with crocuses in art deco style. Gouache and wash on copy paper. Silver Studio. 1932

Ixia crocata L. saffron coloured ixia
Watercolour on vellum by Sydney Parkinson (1745 - 1771). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Autumn crocus Autumn crocus
Autumn crocus. Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of Autumn Crocus at the WPA Federal Theatre, Tulane and Miro, Los Angeles, Calif. showing a couple in costume. Date between 1936 and 1941

21st birthday card with vase of flowers
A 21st birthday card with a vase of colourful flowers in an oval frame. Date: 1936

Bilton Market Cross
The old Market Cross on the village green at Bilton, Warwickshire, England, photographed in spring with a surrounding carpet of crocus flowers. Date: 1950s

Illustration, Happy Days, showing two young mothers with their five children chatting in the street. 1885

First crocuses of the year in St. James Park, 1948
An ever vigilant park keeper in St. Jamess Park, London, strides up to check children who are picking all the crocus flowers just beginning to show in February 1948. 1948

Regents Park 1950S
Visitors to Regents Park, London, chatting and relaxing on benches on a spring day. Date: 1950s

Picking Crocii by Muriel Dawson
A little boy bends down in a spring meadow to pick a yellow crocus

Crocus Versicolor in a rockery
Crocus Versicolor (Cloth of Silver crocus), with white petals and purple stripes. Seen here in a rockery setting

Crocus Versicolor (Cloth of Silver crocus), with white petals and purple stripes

Crocus Versicolor (Cloth of Silver crocus), with white petals and purple stripes

Croci at Kew Gardens
Yellow and mauve croci (crocus, crocuses) growing in the grass at Kew Gardens, West London

Woman with Daffodils 2 / 2
Pretty blonde woman in a pink shirtwaister dress with full, finely pleated skirt, sits on the grass amongst the crocii - a basket of daffodils by her side

Woman with Daffodils
Pretty blonde woman in a pink shirtwaister dress with full, finely pleated skirt, holds a basket full of daffodils as she sits on the grass surrounded by crocii

Crocus (Crane)
The little Crocus reaches up, to catch a sunbeam in his cup

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