Fern Collection (page 5)

Group of people in the countryside
Group of people, including two clergymen, relaxing in the countryside in their best Sunday clothes. Date: early 20th century

Bird in a clump of ferns
A bird in a clump of ferns. Date: circa 1920s

Fossil fern, Nothosaurus tooth and vertebra, Dracorex tooth, and fossil fish scales.. Handcolored lithograph from Dr. F.A

Fossil tree fern, Caulopteris tesselata.. Handcolored lithograph from Dr. F.A. Schmidts Petrefactenbuch, published in Stuttgart, Germany, 1855 by Verlag von Krais & Hoffmann. Dr

Fossil fern, Pecopteris Sulziana.. Handcolored lithograph from Dr. F.A. Schmidts Petrefactenbuch, published in Stuttgart, Germany, 1855 by Verlag von Krais & Hoffmann. Dr

Fossil of Neuropteris grandiflora, an extinct seed fern from the Carboniferous period.. Handcolored lithograph from Dr. F.A

Fossils of ferns and plants.. Handcolored lithograph from Dr. F.A. Schmidts Petrefactenbuch, published in Stuttgart, Germany, 1855 by Verlag von Krais & Hoffmann. Dr

Fern pine of New South Wales, Podocarpus.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine; or, Complete Cabinet of the Curiosities and Beauties of Nature (1798-1802)

An archegosaurus by a river bank in a tropical primordial jungle of ferns and pines.. Archegosaurus is a genus of amphibian which lived during the Asselian to Wuchiapingian ages of the Permian era

Aneimia cicutaria fern showing leaves and roots.. Drawn and zincographed by C. T. Rosenberg, for Thomas Moores The Garden Companion and Florists Guide, 1852, published by Charles Frederick Cheffins

Amphibians of the Permian period.. Lithograph after an illustration by J. Smit from H. N. Hutchinsons Extinct Monsters and Creatures of Other Days, Chapman and Hall, London, 1894

Lance-shaped blechnum or hard fern, Blechnum lanceola.. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtiss The Botanical Magazine

Pedate-leaved brake fern, Pteris pedata or Doryopteris pedata.. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan

Atlas by Fern㯠Vaz Dourado, 1571. Chart 1: Northern
Atlas by Fern㯠 Vaz Dourado, 1571. Chart 1: Northern Europe. Renaissance art. Miniature Painting. PORTUGAL. Lisbon. National Archive of the Tower of the Tombo

Sprouts of fern in mixed forest, typical (Polypodiaceae spp). near Ekaterinburg, Ural Mountains, Russia; early spring

Sprouts of fern in mixed forest (Polypodiaceae spp.). typical, near Ekaterinburg, Ural Mountains, Russia; early spring

Flower arrangement with roses and carnations in a basket

Tree fern, Sri Lanka
A tree fern photographed in Sri Lanka by Harry Taylor

Acrostichum squamosum
Penfold, Jane Wallas, 1845. Madeira Flowers, Fruits and Ferns. London: Reeve Brothers. Plate 8

Adiantum reniforme and A. capillus-veneris
Penfold, Jane Wallas, 1845. Madeira Flowers, Fruits and Ferns. London: Reeve Brothers. Plate 12

Scolopendrium officinarum, Polypodium valgare, Asplenium can
Penfold, Jane Wallas, 1845. Madeira Flowers, Fruits and Ferns. London: Reeve Brothers. Plate 20

Asplenium palmatum
Penfold, Jane Wallas, 1845. Madeira Flowers, Fruits and Ferns. London: Reeve Brothers. Plate 16

Lizard, Sri Lanka
A lizard resting on a fern in Sri Lanka, photographed by Harry Taylor

Calamites suckowi (Brongniart)
Pith cast of Calamites suckowi, an Articulate, Carboniferous plant. Upper Carboniferous; Gosforth, near Newcastle-on-Tyne. Range: Genus, Carboniferous, Species, Westphalian

Alethopteris serli (Brongniart), Pteridosperm
Part of a frond of Alethopteris serli, a Pterisosperm, a plant from the Upper Carboniferous, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Range: Genus, Carboniferous; species, Westphalian

Fossil fern
A specimen of fossil fern foliage, approximately 8 - 10 m in height. Dates back to the Late Carboniferous-Permian period, 300 - 250 million years ago

Carboniferous coal forest
Artists impression of the swamp forests of ferns and other non-flowering plants which covered much of Britain towards the end of the Carboniferous period (354 to 290 million years ago)

Tubicaulis africanus, tree fern
Common plants of the Palaeophytic. Part of a petrified trunk of the tree fern Tubicaulis africanus, approximately 14cm wide, from the Permian Period, Tanganyika, Africa

Marsilea polycarpa, waterclover
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Marsiglia quadrifoliata

Dicroidium sp. seed fern
Fossil Triassic plant from Queensland, Australia

Palaeosmunda williamsonii, fern
Petrified trunk of the fern Palaeosmunda williamsonii, approximately 4cm wide, from Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, dating back to the Permian Period, about 250 - 299 million years ago

Wardian cases
Facing page 128 from The New Practical Window Gardener (1877) by John R. Mollison

Polyalthea - Strange Forest Tree - Tree Fern
Page 83 from The Malay Archipelago by Alfred Russel Wallace, London 1874

Leaf of fern in the Wildlife Garden
A close-up of a fern growing in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. May 2003

Polypodium vulgare, fern
Page 2 from The Ferns of Sidmouth (1862) by Peter Orlando Hutchinson. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Liastrea dilatata, broad buckler fern
Illustration from The Ferns of Sidmouth (1862) by Peter Orlando Hutchinson. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Subtropical garden
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Tropical garden
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Royal Botanical Gardens, Sydney, Australia

Thomas Moore (1821-1887)
Portrait of Thomas Moore, a British gardener and botanist. Expert on British Ferns and Curator of the apothecaries companys garden in Chelsea 1848

Nilssonia kendalli, frond of a cycad
A preserved frond of the cycad Nilssonia kendalli, from Yorkshire, England

Gleichenites, Late Jurassic fern
Model of a Late Jurassic fern which would have been found on drier ground

Psaronius, tree fern
Polished section through the trunk of the tree fern Psaronius, width approximately 15 cm, from Chemnitz, Garmany, dating back to the Permian period, 250 - 299 million years ago

Calamites sp. cast of trunk
Natural cast of trunk interior of Calamites sp. Approximately 40 cm in length. Curvature indicates that this specimen comes from near the base of the tree. Dates back to the late carboniferous period

Onychiopis mantelli, fossil fern
This fossil fern originates from Sussex, England

Neuropteris, seed fern
Shown here is the Carboniferous seed fern plant, Neuropteris

Polypodium barometz
The Tartarian lamb or vegetable lamb of Tartary. Dating from 1698 and formerly in the collections of Sir Hans Sloane

Thursophyton elberfeldense
Massed stick-like stems of early land plants preserved in a fine-grained shale block, approx. 27 cm wide. Thursophyton elberfeldense fossil

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