Cucumber Collection

Page of Victorian advertisements 1896
A page from The Illustrated London News, dated 11 April 1896, showing three advertisements, for Liptons Teas, Beethams Glycerine and Cucumber preparation, and Mappin & Webbs fitted suit cases

Trapping cucumber maggots with person hiding in cold frame
Trapping the cucumber maggot caricature illustration of person hiding in cold frame to trap maggots, by Heath Robinson. Captioned, A Garden Guide: Horticultural Hints'

African cucumber, Momordica balsamina
African cucumber, balsam apple, and balsam pear, Momordica balsamina. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Sycamore maple or planetree maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, Acero fico, Platano falso. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Cotton-spinner or tubular sea cucumber, Holothuria tubulosa. Oloturia tubulosa. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Indo-Pacific sailfish and moonfish
Indo-Pacific sailfish, Istiophorus platypterus 1, and moonfish, Mene maculata 2. Istioforo veliero o Spadaccino, Mene Anna-Carolina

Varieties of sea cucumber
Sea cucumbers including Trochodota purpurea, Cladodactyla crocea crocea, Stichopus chloronotus, Anaperus peruvianus, Holothuria (Metriatyla) lessoni, Leptosynapta inhaerens, etc

Sea cucumbers: Trochodota purpurea 1, 2, Cladodactyla crocea crocea 3, Stichopus chloronotus 4, Anaperus peruvianus 5, and Holothuria (Metriatyla) lessoni 6

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

Bitter cucumber or colocynth, Citrullus colocynthis (Cucumis colocynthis). Handcoloured lithograph by Henry Sowerby from Edward Hamiltons Flora Homeopathica, Bailliere, London, 1852

Snake gourd, Trichosanthes cucumerina (Serpent cucumber or hairblossom, Trichosanthes colubrina). Illustration by Lady Sarah Williams

Indian cucumber, Medeola virginiana. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom Jr. after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis Botanical Magazine, T. Curtis, London, 1810

Squirting cucumber, Ecballium elaterium
Squirting cucumber or exploding cucumber, Ecballium elaterium. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants

Bitter apple, Citrullus colocynthis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Advert for Geo. Salter & Co. household items Advert for Geo. Salter & Co
Selection of household specialities, available from Geo. Salter & Co. in West Bromwich. Date: 1887

GLAZED VEAL SALAD
A cool summer dish - glazed veal pie, garnished with a salad of chopped lettuce, cucumber and eggs. Date: 1930s

FRESH SALAD
A fresh salad, including lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, onions and raddishes. Date: 1930s

Street trade - cucumbers
Lady with cucumbers on a barrow. Date: 1885

Gathering the cucumber harvest, Esher, Surrey. Although cucumbers often grow along the ground, these are growing down from the roof. Date: 1930s

Advert for Beethams Glycerine Cucumber skin product 1889
Apply a little daily Beethams Glycerine Cucumber, to the skin, keeping it soft, cool and refreshed during the hottest weathers. 1889

Cucumber Girl
A happy country lass sits on a chair on a pathway with fresh cucumbers under her arms. Date: 1930s

Rabbit in Cucumber Frame
Alice sends the White Rabbit into the cucumber frame

Page of Victorian adverts 1889
A variety of advertisements in The Graphic dated August 1889, showing Nuda Veritas hair restorer, Nubian, black polish for boots and shoes, Nortons Camomile Pills, for indigestion

Fossil Holothurian or sea cucumber
Staurocystis quadrifasciata, 6.5 cm long, from the Silurian, Wenlock Limestone of Dudley in Worcestershire, England

Sea cucumber, Leptosynapta inhaerens.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

Sea cucumber, Parastichopus tremulus.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

Cucumber Wheelbarrow
A happy girl pushes a wheelbarrow full of fresh cucumbers. Date: 1930s

Cucumber Girls 1930S
Two waving girls with a tray of fresh cucumbers. Date: 1930s

Deima fastosum, holothurian echinoderm
Illustration of a Holothurian echinoderm from Report on the Holothuroidea dredged by H.M.S. Challenger, 1872-1876

Magnolia acuminata, cucumber tree
Illustration from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida & the Bahama Islands (1731) by Mark Catesby, of Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)

Averrhoa bilimbi, bilimbi
Plate 40 from Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous (1858) by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928)

Momordica charantia, balsam pear or African cucumber
Drawing 31 (Ewan 14) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Canchites canadensis, spruce grouse
Plate 176 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Cucumber or squash and eggplant. Date between 1790 and 1840

Cucumber cream
Cucumber Cream with lanoline for soft white hands, made by the Maioline Toilet Co. Date: C.1900

Cucumber / Cries of London
Green and large cucumbers sold from a wheelbarrow in the street

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