Crocus Collection

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

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

Plants / Crocus Sativus
SAFFRON

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

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

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

Saffron crocus, Crocus sativa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

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

Crocus & Snowdrop / Language of Flowers
Crocus & Snowdrop personified

Spring crocus and European peacock butterfly
Spring crocus, Crocus vernus, and European peacock butterfly, Aglais io. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Daniel Rabel after a botanical illustration by Maria Sibylla Merian from Pierre Joseph

Wild daffodil and snowdrops
Wild daffodil, Narcissus pseudonarcissus, and snowdrops, Galanthus nivalis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Daniel Rabel after a botanical illustration by Maria Sibylla Merian from Pierre

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. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jean Victor Dupin junior from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Herbier

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). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after Edwin Dalton Smith from John Lindley

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. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman

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). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Walter Fitch from William Jackson Hookers Botanical Magazine

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. The Iris Reticulata (left), an early flowering hardy perennial of the Iridaceae family, with purple flowers

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

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