Heliotrope Collection

Leontice leontopetalum and European heliotrope, Heliotropium europaeum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Precious stones and crystals including quartz, amethyst, etc.. Chromolithograph from Dr. Adolph Kenngotts Mineralogy section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History, Schreiber, Munich, 1886

Bloodstone or heliotrope carvings
These frogs were carved from bloodstone by Paul Dreher. Bloodstone is green agate containing speckles of red jasper. All these derive from the cryptocrystalline quartz group

Birthstone Series: Bloodstone
A specimen of the mineral bloodstone, a variety of quartz. (33974), from the Natural History Museum, London. Bloodstone is the birthstone for the month of March (along with Aquamarine)

Pot Pourri 1886
Pot-Pourri: Made with rose leaves, lavender, heliotrope and lemon-scented leaves, dried in the sun and put into a tall jar

Spring Flowers 1866
Acacia Dealbata (Mimosa); Deutzia Gracilis (Mock Orange); Senecio (Cineraria); Chaenomeles Japonica (Japanese Quince); Azalea; Anemone Coronaria; Heliotropium

Valeriana Officinalis
Common Valerian, or Garden Heliotrope

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