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Foulehaio carunculatus, wattled honeyeaterFf. 64. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Certhia carunculata and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Tragopan temminckii, Temmincks tragopanPlate 46 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 7, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph
Erythrina folkersii, coral treePhotograph of Erythrina folkersii
Castanospermum australe, Moreton Bay chestnutPhotograph of the seed pod of a Castanospermum australe tree
Afzelia, africana smith
Pterocarpus angolensisPhotograph of Pterocarpus angolensis seed pods. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London
Dendroica petechia, yellow warblerPlate 35 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
Lophura swinhoii, Swinhoes pheasantPlate 16 hand coloured lithograph by John Gould and Richard Bowdler Sharpe from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol.7, (1850-83)
Ceratonia siliqua, carob bean treeIllustration of carob beans by B. Thanner. The beans were used as weights for gems and precious metals
Syrmaticus ellioti, Elliots pheasantPlate 98 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)
Nelumbo lutea, American lotus and Triodopsis albolabri, snaiDrawing 34 (Ewan 59) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram. Pen, ink and watercolour
Lophura diardi, Siamese fireback
Leucaena leucocephala, coffee bushSketch 215 from the Ehret Collection of Sketches (unbound) by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Phasianus colchicus formosanus, common (Formosan) pheasantPlate 56 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)
Monarda punctata, horsemint (right) & Gleditsia tracanthosSketch 262 from the Ehret Collection of Sketches (unbound) by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Leguminosae: Pea TribePlate 61 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)
Crotalaria verrucosa, blue rattlesnakeFinished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outine drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Acacia terminalis, sunshine wattleFinished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outine drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Acacia humifusaFinished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outine drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Acacia legnota, wattleFinished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outine drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Smitha confertaFinished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outine drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Indigofera pratensis, forest indigo
Oxylobium cordifoliumFinished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outine drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Vigna lanceolata, pencil yamFinished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outine drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Clianthus puniceus, scarlet clianthusFinished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Sophora tetraptera, yellow kowhaiFinished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Carmichaelia solandriFinished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Lathyrus odoratus, sweet peaPainting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33. Illustration entitled Pois de senteur
Casuarius unappendiculatus, northern cassowaryWatercolour by Henrik Gr ld (1915). This large flightless bird is native to New Guinea and Australia
Fountain and Wisteria at Paddockhurst, West SussexView of a fountain in the garden at Paddockhurst, near Selsfield Common, West Sussex. The house dates from the 17th century, and is now used as a school
Terrace at Paddockhurst, West SussexView of the terrace at Paddockhurst, near Selsfield Common, West Sussex. The house dates from the 17th century, and is now used as a school
Ulex Europaeus Flore Pleno (Double Gorse), an evergreen shrub of the Fabaceae family. Seen here growing at the side of a pond, with bright yellow flowers
Pisum sativum (Pea) Pioneer, a vegetable of the Fabaceae family, showing three pods, with the left-hand pod partially open to reveal the peas inside
Laburnum and Copper BeechA Laburnum (Golden Chain) tree of the Fabaceae family, seen here in full flower (bright yellow), with a Copper Beech or Purple Beech (Fagus Sylvatica Purpurea) of the Fagaceae family in the background
Trifolium Apinum (Alpine Clover), a flowering plant of the Fabaceae family