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Iris Bruno (Tall Bearded Iris), a flowering perennial of the Iridaceae family, with gold, purple and brown colouring. A close-up of the head in full flower
Iris sp. blue irisFolio 67 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Crocus sativus, saffronPlate 25 from Le Regne Vegetal. Vol 10 Flore Medicale Atlas 3 (1870). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Crocus sativa, saffronPlate 93 from Botanicum Medicinale (1759) by Timothy Sheldrake. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Iris Reticulata and Crocus ChrysanthusTwo spring flowers growing alongside each other. The Iris Reticulata (left), an early flowering hardy perennial of the Iridaceae family, with purple flowers
Tritonia crocatia, flame freesia, M. LawranceWatercolour on vellum, 1794 by Mary Lawrance (fl.1790-1830) Held in the Library and Archives Date: 1794
Iris odoratissima, tall bearded irisIllustration from Plantarum rariorum Horti Csarei Schoenbrunnensis descriptiones et icones, 1797/98, by Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Iris susiana, mourning irisIllustration from Flore des serres XI page 23, held in the Botany Library Plate Collection at the Natural History Museum, London
Iris kochii, German irisPlate XXXVI from The Genus Iris (1913) by William Rickatson Dykes (1877-1925). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Iris reichenbachii, small bearded alpine irisWatercolour by Frank Howard Round, 1922. Inscribed: Reichenbachii seed 1914, near Kromitza, N.W. Athos, Macedonia, Greece
Iris sanguineaIris orientalis, pen and ink wash on card, by A.H. Church (1865-1937), species now known as Iris sanguinea. Drawing number 719
Iris florentinaIris germanica, pen on card by A.H. Church (1865-1937), species now known as Iris florentina. Drawing number 715
Iris aurea, irisFrom The genus Iris (1913) by William Rickatson Dykes (1877-1925). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Iris germanica (left) and Iris pallida (right), bearded irisIllustration by Anna Maria Sibylla Merian, from the Dutch Collection, late 1600s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Iris sari, irisPlate XXVI from The Genus Iris (1913) by William Rickatson Dykes (1877-1925). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Iris subbiflora, bearded irisWatercolour by Frank Howard Round dated 1922. Inscribed Iris subbiflora Sfax Tunisia. Dr Trabat 1920. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Iris xiphioides, English irisWatercolour by Frank Howard Round, 1922. Inscribed: Lily Pond. Iris xiphioides. Foot of Mt Perdue 1800 metres. Spanish Pyrenees. E Hartert 1919
Ixia crocata L. saffron coloured ixiaWatercolour on vellum by Sydney Parkinson (1745 - 1771). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Iris sp. irisWatercolour No. 38 from the Round Small Collection by Frank Harold Round, 1919. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Iris pumila, dwarf pogon irisWatercolour No. 36 from the Round Small Collection by Frank Howard Round, c. 1920. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Iris reticulata, reticulated irisWatercolour by Arthur Harry Church, 1908. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Iris pallida, bearded irisWatercolour No. 22 from the Round Large Collection by Frank Howard Round, c. 1920. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Iris germanica, bearded iris
Tritonia crocata, corn lilyIllustration no.8 by Sydney Parkinson, 1767. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Iris germanica, flag irisFlag iris (Iris germanica) from Icones Plantarum medicinalium (1788) by Joseph Jacob von Plenck
Iris orientalis, Turkish irisDrawing by Richard Lancake [pl. 154]. Image used in The Chelsea Gardener Philip Miller (1990) by Hazel Le Rougetel
Watsonia meriana L. bulbilliferaDrawing by John Miller, first published in Figures of the most beautiful, useful, and uncommon Plants described in the Gardeners Dictionary (1755-60) by Philip Miller
Iris cf. germanica, bearded irisIllustration from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Gottfried Simula. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Iris sibirica, Siberian irisIllustration from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Gottfried Simula. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Iris xiphium, Spanish irisIllustration from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Gottfried Simula. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Iris ensata, Japanese irisWatercolour by James Sowerby, c. 1800s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Iris xiphioides, English IrisDrawing 173/10 by Arthur Harry Church (1865-1937), published in 1907. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Iris tectorum Maxim. wild irisFrom The genus Iris (1913) by William Rickatson Dykes (1877-1925). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Gladiolus sp. corn flagPlate 159 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)
Iris setosa, blue flagPlate XXIII from The Genus Iris (1913) by William Rickatson Dykes (1877-1925). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Babiana ringens, rats tail babianaIllustration from Plantarum Horti Medici Amstelodamensis (1706) by Caspar Commelin. Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)
Iris kaempferi, Japanese irisPlate XIX from The Genus Iris (1913) by William Rickatson Dykes (1877-1925). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Iris pseudacorus, yellow irisYellow iris pods and seeds. Many seeds are produced in traingular pods and are dispersed by water
Tritonia aureaIllustration of Tritonia aurea, from volume 15 (1849) of Paxtons Magazine of Botany, held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Iris maxima, irisIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Iris Gracilipes (Crested Iris), a flower of the Iridaceae family, with mauve, yellow and white colouring, native to Japan
Iris Reticulata, an early flowering hardy perennial of the Iridaceae family, seen here as a new shoot prior to flowering
Iris Pumila (Dwarf Iris), a natural hybrid iris of the Iridaceae family. Seen here growing in a rocky setting
Iris Orientalis (Spuria Beardless Iris), a flowering perennial of the Iridaceae family, with purple flowers (this species also has yellow or cream-coloured flowers)