Flowering Plant Collection (#12)

Rheum nobile, Sikkim rhubarb
Specimen of Sikkim rhubarb (Rheum nobile) collected by Frank Ludlow, George Sherriff and N M Elliot in Tibet in 1947

Pressed Auricula specimens
Specimens from the herbarium of Mary Somerset (the Duchess of Beaufort). Pressed by the Duchess herself (1630 - 1714)

Magnolia conspicua, lily-flowered magnolia
Plate 1621 from Curtiss Botanical Magazine (1814). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Lilium trigris, tiger lily pollen
Lilium tigris pollen grains, page 38 from Drawings by Francis Bauer depicting epidermis, hairs, pollen grains and Moustrosities

Wachendorfia

Platanus x hispanica, London plane leaves
London plane leaves fallen in the Natural History Museum Wildlife Garden. Photo taken on November 1997 by Sue Snell

A collection of eggs from western Asia

Nymphaea rubra, red indian water lily see 40246
Plate 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 beet
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection at the Natural History Museum, London

Quercus, pollard oak
Plate 22 from The Shape, Skeleton and Foliage of Thirty two species of Trees, 1786 by A. Cozens. The series was originally issued in 1771

Natural History Museum Pond
View from the Pond in the Natural History Museum Wildlife Garden

Cannabis sativa, hemp
Illustration 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 triangul
Acadian flycatcher, elliottia, poppy mallow and pipit. Drawing 20 (Ewan 46) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram

Plate 48 from Mineralogie
Mine 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. apple
Plate 11 from Pomona Franconica, Vol 3 (1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg. Entitled Calville rouge d Automne

Three varieties of cherries
Plate 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 hawthorn
Drawing 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 melanocephalus
Plate 70, lithograph by K.I. Brodtmann from Heinrich Rudolf Schinzs Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der V� -Gattungen, (1831-1833)

Nigella hispanica, fennel flower
Drawing 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-pear
Plate 12 from Endlichers paradisus vindobonesis (1844-1860) by Anton Hartinger. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Spiranthus speciosa, orchid
Illustration 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

Phoenicurus phoenicurus, common redstart nest and eggs
Plate 54 from James Boltons third edition of Harmonia Ruralis: or an essay towards a natural history of British Song Birds, Vol.2, (1845)

Vitis sp. royal muscadine grape

Asimina obovata, flag pawpaw & Asimina pygmaea, dwarf pawpaw
Drawing 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-seed
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Lychnis chalcedonica, Maltese cross
Plate 26 from Ladies Flower Garden Annuals (1843) by Jane Wells Loudon. Also shows Coronata, Fulgens, Agrostemma Saponaria and Gypsophylla

Ulmus procera, elm
Plate 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 b
Plate 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 apple
William 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 senna
Illustration of Italian senna from the John Fleming Collection, held at the Natural History Museum, London

Fraxinus excelsior, ash

Passiflora sp. passion flower
Page 74 from Illustration of the Sexual System of Linneaus (1779) vol 2, by John Miller (1715-c. 1790)

Hypericum perforatum, St. Johns wort
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Iris susiana, mourning iris
Illustration from Flore des serres XI page 23, held in the Botany Library Plate Collection at the Natural History Museum, London

Poaceae: The Grass tribe, grasses used by humans
Plate 175 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)

Alder fly in Baltic amber
Alder fly, Megaloptera: Sialoidea in Baltic amber. Specimen dates from the Upper Eocene

Labiatae
Plate 112 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)

Caltha palustris, yellow marsh marigold
Drawing 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, tea
llustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Passifloreae
Plate 105 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)

Ptychosperma elegans, solitare palm
Plate 223 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)

Caesalpinia sappan, Indian redwood

Polyplectron bicalcaratum, grey peacock-pheasant

Bulbous plants
Plate 22 from Le Regne Vegetal, Vol 12, Hort. Atlas (1870). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Entitled Plantes bulbeuses

Hyssopus officinalis, hyssop
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection at the Natural History Museum, London

Echium plantagineum, salvation Jane
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

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