Herbarium Collection (page 2)

Digitalis purpurea, common foxglove. Dried specimen from the museum herbarium. Presented by Colonel R Meinertzhagen, 1950

Tulipa greigii, red hiding hood tulip. Dried specimen from the museum herbarium. 22.iv.1902

Hydrangea preziosa. Dried specimen from the museum herbarium. Date 20.viii.1974, No 1047. Cultivated plants from Hilliers Arboretum, England

Hydrangea macrophylla Tricolor, bigleaf hydrangea. Cultivated plants from Hilliers Arboretum, Ampfield, Hampshire, England. Collected by (BM)NH staff. Date 20.viii.1974 No. 1048

Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753)
Portrait painting of Sir Hans Sloane, an eminent physician and naturalist who bequeathed his collections and library to the nation in 1753. Original held at the Natural History Museum, London

Chorda filum, seaweed
Herbarium sheet from the collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Scientist working in herbarium
Botanist annotating herbarium specimen sheet at the Natural History Museum, London

Curator working in Botany Department
Curator preparing herbarium specimen sheet for collection at The Natural History Museum, London

Acrocomia spinosa, macca fat palm
Illustration depicting the leaf of a macca fat palm from the verso on page 53, volume 7 of the Hans Sloane collection. Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Botanical specimens stored in the herbarium at the Natural History Museum, London

Leonotis leonurus, Lions tail
A specimen of Lions tail (Leonotis leonurus) from George Cliffords herbarium

Himalayan species of Jasmin
A type specimen is the material used to make the first scientific description of a species. From the botanical collection at the Natural Histroy Museum, London

Banksia dentata and herbarium specimens
Held in Sir Joseph Banks original cabinets installed in the present day herbarium of the Botany Department at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Carys Wolinsky

Page 217 from Herbarium (1532) by Otto Brunfels
Herbarum vivae eiconeb (1532) by Otto Brunfels (1488-1534). Illustrations by Hans Weiditz the Younger (1495 Freiburg im Breisgau - c1537 Bern). Tom I, 2nd edition

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