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Eucalyptus obliqua, Australian oak holotype specimen
Ipomoea purpurea (L. ) Roth, tall morning-gloryIpomoea purpurea (L.) Roth, tall morning-glory. Determinavit G.Staples 6/2008
Tropaeolum peregrinum, Canary bird flowerIllustration from Plantarum rariorum Horti Csarei Schoenbrunnensis descriptiones et icones, 1797/98, by Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Echinocactus denudatus. Plate taken from Plantarum Rariorum, by H.F. Link and F.Otto
Plantago hirsutaIllustration from Plantarum rariorum Horti Csarei Schoenbrunnensis descriptiones et icones, 1797/98, by Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Teucrium abutiloidesIllustration from Plantarum rariorum Horti Csarei Schoenbrunnensis descriptiones et icones, 1797/98, by Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Oxalis filifoliaIllustration from Plantarum rariorum Horti Csarei Schoenbrunnensis descriptiones et icones, 1797/98, by Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Hans Sloane Vol. 211 page 29Viola violacea Makino, Oxalis corniculata and Trachelospermum asiaticum Nakai. Specimens taken from Hans Sloane Vol.211 page 29
Myrsine retusaIllustration from Plantarum rariorum Horti Csarei Schoenbrunnensis descriptiones et icones, 1797/98, by Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Specimens (including butterflies) from the Paul Hermann CollSpecimens from the Paul Hermann collection of five volumes of specimens and drawings from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 1672-1677. Held at The Natural History Museum, London
Trapa natans, var. bispinosaImage of trapa natans var. bispinosa in Plants of the Coast of Coromandel by W. Roxburgh
The Wellington Tree CupboardThis tree was made from an elm tree that sheltered the Duke of Wellington during the Battle of Waterloo, in Belgium
Theobroma cacaoCocoa plant brought back from Jamaica in 1689 by Hans Sloane. Illustration by Everhardus Kickius. Specimen kept in the Botany Library
Rheum nobile, Sikkim rhubarbSpecimen of Sikkim rhubarb (Rheum nobile) collected by Frank Ludlow, George Sherriff and N M Elliot in Tibet in 1947
Pressed Auricula specimensSpecimens from the herbarium of Mary Somerset (the Duchess of Beaufort). Pressed by the Duchess herself (1630 - 1714)
Magnolia conspicua, lily-flowered magnoliaPlate 1621 from Curtiss Botanical Magazine (1814). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Platanus x hispanica, London plane leavesLondon plane leaves fallen in the Natural History Museum Wildlife Garden. Photo taken on November 1997 by Sue Snell
Nymphaea rubra, red indian water lily see 40246Plate 1160 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, c. 1790. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Solandra sp. cup of gold
Beta vulgaris, common beetIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection at the Natural History Museum, London
Quercus, pollard oakPlate 22 from The Shape, Skeleton and Foliage of Thirty two species of Trees, 1786 by A. Cozens. The series was originally issued in 1771
Cannabis sativa, hempIllustration of the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa), by James Kerr (1738-1782). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Empidonax virescnes, Elliottia racemosa, Callirrhoe triangulAcadian flycatcher, elliottia, poppy mallow and pipit. Drawing 20 (Ewan 46) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram
Plate 48 from MineralogieMine d Or granuleuse avec du Spath perle couleur de Rose. From Recuille complet de Mineralogie? vol.6 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines
Malus sp. applePlate 11 from Pomona Franconica, Vol 3 (1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg. Entitled Calville rouge d Automne
Nelumbo lutea, American lotus & Dionaea muscipula, venus fly
Three varieties of cherriesPlate 13 from Pomona Britannica (1812) by George Brookshaw. Top: morello cherry (Prunus cerasus), centre: caroon cherry (Prunus sp.), bottom: unnamed (Prunus sp.)
Crataegus monogyna, oneseed hawthornDrawing 58/2b made in 1903 by Arthur Harry Church (1865-1937). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Lophura ignita macartneyi, Tragopan melanocephalusPlate 70, lithograph by K.I. Brodtmann from Heinrich Rudolf Schinzs Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der V -Gattungen, (1831-1833)
Nigella hispanica, fennel flowerDrawing 1/20 made in 1905 by Arthur Harry Church (1865-1937). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Cereus napoleonis, strawberry-pearPlate 12 from Endlichers paradisus vindobonesis (1844-1860) by Anton Hartinger. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Sitta pusila, brown-headed nuthatch, Sitta carolinensis, whiPlate 22, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby
Vitis sp. royal muscadine grape
Asimina obovata, flag pawpaw & Asimina pygmaea, dwarf pawpawDrawing 18 (Ewan 45) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Echinospermum squarrosum, stick-seedIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Lychnis chalcedonica, Maltese crossPlate 26 from Ladies Flower Garden Annuals (1843) by Jane Wells Loudon. Also shows Coronata, Fulgens, Agrostemma Saponaria and Gypsophylla
Ulmus procera, elmPlate 11 from The Shape, Skeleton and Foliage of Thirty two species of Trees, 1786 by A. Cozens. Originally issued in 1771
Gazania splendens, gazania and Callicarpa purpurea, purple bPlate 29 from The Illustrated Bouquet (1857-64) by Edward Geroge Henderson. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Asimina obovata, pawpaw appleWilliam Bartrams botanical specimens which he named Anona grandiflora, pawpaw apple. Bartram collected these during his expedition through the southern colonies for Dr. John Fothergill
Senna italica, Italian sennaIllustration of Italian senna from the John Fleming Collection, held at the Natural History Museum, London
Fraxinus excelsior, ash
Passiflora sp. passion flowerPage 74 from Illustration of the Sexual System of Linneaus (1779) vol 2, by John Miller (1715-c. 1790)
Hypericum perforatum, St. Johns wortIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Bombycilla garrulus, Bohemian waxwingPlate 34 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 1 (1925)
Alder fly in Baltic amberAlder fly, Megaloptera: Sialoidea in Baltic amber. Specimen dates from the Upper Eocene
LabiataePlate 112 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)
Caltha palustris, yellow marsh marigoldDrawing 1/9 made in 1906 by Arthur Harry Church (1865-1937). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 031