Lectures Gallery

Germinating seeds of the pea Pisum sativum

Germinating seeds of the pea Pisum sativum and bean Phaseolus vulgaris.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtis's Lectures on Botany, as delivered in the Botanic Garden at Lambeth, 1805. Edwards (1768-1819) was the artist of thousands of botanical plates for Curtis Botanical Magazine and his own Botanical Register

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Globe thistle, Echinops sphaerocephalus

Globe thistle, Echinops sphaerocephalus, Polygamia segregata, flower 1, and single floret 2,3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtis Lectures on Botany, as delivered in the Botanic Garden at Lambeth, 1805. Date:

© Florilegius/Mary Evans

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St. John's wort, Hypericum perforatum

St. John's wort, Hypericum perforatum, Polyadelphia, 1,2, and blue bottle or cornflower, Centaurea cyanus, Syngenesia, 3-5. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtis Lectures on Botany, as delivered in the Botanic Garden at Lambeth, 1805. Date:

© Florilegius/Mary Evans