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Limnothlypis swainsoni, Swainsons warblerPlate 198 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
Biziura lobata, musk duckPlate 18, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds The Birds of Australia, Vol.7, (1840-1848)
Anthracothorax nigricollis, black-throated mangoPlate 184 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
Columba leucocephala, white-crowned pigeonPlate 177 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
Lagopus lagopus, willow grousePlate 191 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
Passerculus sandwichensis, Savannah sparrowPlate 109 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
Ammodramus savannarum, grasshopper sparrowPlate 130 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
Polioptila caerulea, blue-grey gnatcatcherPlate 84 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Dendroica pensylvanica, chestnut-sided warblerPlate 59 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Hydrophyllum, Galuania, Fereiria, Cardiospermum, CorreiaAutograph letter to Sir J. Banks, consisting of descriptions, with water colour drawings of genera of Plants collected in Minas Geraes, Brazil Vandelli, Domenico, 1732-1816. Page one of sixteen pages
Saxifraga hirculus, Marsh saxifrageOriginally published in: Exoticarum aliarumque minus cognitarum Plantarum centuria prima by Breyne, Jakob (1637-1697) Published in Gedani (Danzig) 1678. Natural History Museums Botany Library
Verbascam ferrugineum & Tropidacris collarisRusty mullein, with South American grasshopper. Drawing by Georg Dionysius Ehret, 1747. Image used in The Chelsea Gardener Philip Miller (1990) by Hazel Le Rougetel, page 187
Casuarius bennetti, dwarf cassowaryWatercolour by John Keulemans, (c. 1900) commissioned by Lord Rothschild and drawn from a live specimen at his menagerie at Tring, Hertfordshire
Wildlife Garden, the Natural History MuseumThe western extremity of the Natural History Museum as seen from Wildlife Garden with the pond and apple blossom, 28 April 1996
Proboscides louisianica (Miller), unicorn plantDrawing by J.S. Miller [pl. 286]. Image used in The Chelsea Gardener Philip Miller (1990) by Hazel Le Rougetel, page 145
Gazania rigens, gazaniaDrawing by Richard Lancake [pl. 49]. Image used in The Chelsea Gardener Philip Miller (1990) by Hazel Le Rougetel, plate 10
Cyclamen persicum, Persian cyclamenDrawing by Richard Lancake [Pl 115]. Image used in The Chelsea Gardener Philip Miller (1990) by Hazel Le Rougetel, plate 9
Campsis radicans L. seemannDrawing by Richard Lancake [pl. 65]. Image used in The Chelsea Gardener Philip Miller (1990) by Hazel Le Rougetel, plate 7
Quercus sp. oakRipe acorns and oak leaves. Photographed by Pat Hart, Summer 2003
Acer pseudoplatanus, sycamorePhotographed by Pat Hart, Summer 2003
Fraxinus excelsior, ash tree
Reinwardtia trigyna, yellow flaxPlate 1143 from the Fleming Collection of Indian Drawings, 1800. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Erythrina corallodendron, coral bean treePlate 189 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, 1800. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Cassia nodosa, pink cassiaPlate 138 from the Fleming Collection of Indian Drawings. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Edmondia sesamoides, everlastingWatercolour No. 18 by Ralph Stennett, 1807. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Euphorbia canariensis, Canary Island spurgeIllustration from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Gottfried Simula. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Papaver rhoeas, field poppyIllustration from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Gottfried Simula. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Iris cf. germanica, bearded irisIllustration from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Gottfried Simula. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Asphalatus Acacia altera MaukCopy of De Materia Medica made by the Greek physician Dioscorides. Used as standard medical work up to Middle Ages. Copy made in 1460 and owned by Sir Joseph Banks
Ipomoea pandurata, man-rootWatercolour No. 221 from Volume 1 by Simon Taylor, c. mid-1700s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Centaurea glastifolia, yellow star thistleWatercolour No. 31 from Volume 2 by Simon Taylor, c. mid-1700s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Anacyclus valentina, anacyclusWatercolour No. 181 from Volume 1 by Simon Taylor, c. mid-1700s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural history Museum, London
Rosa gallica, apothecaries roseCopy of De Materia Medica, made by the Greek physician Dioscorides. Used as standard medical work up to Middle Ages. Copy made in 1460 and owned by Sir Joseph Banks
Papaver orientale, oriental poppyWatercolour by William King, c. 1750s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Passiflora edulis, passion fruitIllustration by Jacobus van Huysum, c. 1730s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Helianthus mollis, downy sunflowerIllustration by Frederick Polydore Nodder, 1776. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Magnolia acuminata, cucumber treeIllustration 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)
Haplophyllum patavinum, ruta patavina
Magnolia tripetala, umbrella magnoliaIllustration 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)
Asimina triloba, paw pawIllustration 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)
Perilla frutescens, beef steak plantPlate from Thesaurus Zeylanicus (1737) by J. Burman, of Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)
Ceropegia candelabrum, ceropegiaIllustration from Hortus Indicus Malabaricus (1678-1703) by Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede tot Drakenstein, of Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)
Magnolia grandiflora, magnoliaIllustration from Icones Animalium et Plantarum (1776-1782) by John Frederick Miller, of Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)
Passiflora laurifolia, water lemonIllustration from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium (1705) by Maria Sibylla Merian, of Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)
Stemmacantha unifloraIllustration from Flora Sibirica (1747-1769) by Johann Georg Gmelin. Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)
Erythrina corallodendron, coral treeIllustration from Plantarum Horti Medici Amstelodamensis (1706) by Caspar Commelin. Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)
Sanseveria hyacinthoides, bowstring hempIllustration by Caspar Commelin (1667-1731) from Prludia Botanica of Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)
