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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
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
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
Camellia thea, teallustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
PassifloreaePlate 105 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)
Ara severus, chestnut-fronted maccawPlate 229, hand coloured copperplate etching from George Edwards The Gleanings of Natural History, Vol. 1 (1758)
Caesalpinia sappan, Indian redwood
Hyssopus officinalis, hyssopIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection at the Natural History Museum, London
Echium plantagineum, salvation JaneIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Hydrangea sp. hydrangeaIllustration from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Flycatcher, elliottia, purple malve and pipitDrawin 19 from the Botanical and Zoological Drawings, 1756-1788 by William Bartram. Original artwork held in the Natural History Museum, London
Saxicola rubetra, whinchat, Saxicola torquata, common stonecPlate 7 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 1 (1925)
Godetia vinosaPlate 8 from Ladies Flower Garden Annuals (1843) by Jane Wells Loudon. Also shows Anothera and Godetia varieties
Banksia spinulosa, hairpin banksiaDrawing 415 from the Watling Collection by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797. Illustration entitled Wallangre
Sarracenia flava, yellow pitcher plant & Sarracenia purpureaNelumbo lutea, American lotus & Triodopsis albolabris, land snail & Cemophora coccinea, scarlet snake. Drawing 30 (Ewan 22) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram
Taraxacum offininale, dandelion clockDandelion seeds (Taraxacum offininale) in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. Photograph taken by Derek Adams, April 2003
Rubus cuneifolius, blackberrySketch 23 (66 Drawings Volume). From a collection of original drawings and sketches by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Leucanthemum vulgare, oxeye daisyOxeye daisies (Leucanthemum vulgare) growing in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Derek Adams, May 2003
Crataegus phaenopyrum (L. f. ), Washington hawthornSketch 19 (66 Drawings Volume). From a collection of original drawings and sketches by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Rosa sp. wild roseClose-up of a wild rose (Rosa sp.) flower growing in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Derek Adams, May 2003
Dandelion growing in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Derek Adams, May 2003
A7 / 361a Ficus racemosa, figFinished watercolour by F. P. Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Cooks first voyage, 1768-1771
Euselates sp. rose chafer beetleA colourful rose chafer beetle photographed in Sri Lanka. Chafer beetles have a characteristic V-shape where their wings meet and are a member of the same family as dung beetles
Metitaea ismeria and Helianthus tracheliifolius