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An unattributed fine portrait silhouette by LeonOutline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage, 1768-1771. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Sloanes trade card for milk chocolateSir Hans Sloanes (1660-1753) collection formed the basis of the collection now held at the Natural History Museum, London
Decorative ceiling panels in the Natural History Museums CeCoffee, tobacco and cotton - three of the 162 plant designs which form the ceiling decoration of the Central Hall. The plants are of economic or medicinal importance
Bombax heptaphyllum, silk-cotton treeIllustration from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, 1800. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Theobroma cacao, cocoa; Syzygium aromaticum, cloves; MyristiPlate 1 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Entitled A group from Burlgaar. Held at the Natural History Museum, London
Gopypium beligiosum, nankin cottonPlate 9 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London
Bombax pentandrum, silk cottonIllustration by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London
Hibiscus angulosus, wild hibiscus
Borneo amberPiece of Borneo amber originating from the Middle Miocene about 15 million years old. Donated by John Noad
Alyogyne hakeifolia
Brachychiton paradoxus, red-flowered kurrajongPlate 13 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)
Alyogyne hakeafolia (Giord) Alefeld, hibiscusCollected by Robert Brown in Goose Island Bay, off Cape Arid, Western Australia, May 1803, during the voyage of HMS Investigator, captained by Matthew Flinders
Gossypium barbadense, cottonA photograph of one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Show open bolls and flowers of the Gossypium barbadense, cotton plant
Gossypium arboreum, tree cottonDuchess of Beauforts Hortus Siccus, 133: 67 (Sloane Herbarium)
Vermivora pinus, blue-winged warblerPlate 20 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Sayornis phoebe, eastern phoebePlate 120 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Hibiscus tiliaceus, beach hibicusWatercolour 25 from the Saharunpore Gardens Collection, 1847
Hibiscus cf. syriacus, Syrian roseWatercolour 19 from the Saharunpore Gardens Collection, 1847
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, China roseUnsigned artwork 125 from the Indian Drawings Miscellaneous Collection (IDM Collection), c. early 1800s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Hibiscus simplex, Chinese parasol treeUnsigned artwork 115 from the Indian Drawings Miscellaneous Collection (IDM Collection), c. early 1800s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Theobroma cacao, chocolateCollected by Sir Hans Sloane in Jamaica. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London
Sterculia and Eriobotrya japonica, Chinese almond and loquaWatercolour by Olivia Fanny Tonge (1858-1949). From one of sixteen sketchbooks presented to the Museum in 1952. Held in the Zoology Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Malva sp. mallow plantsPlate 25 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)
Cotton winding sheetCollected during the archaeological excavation at Christ Church, Spitalfields, London, 1984-1986
Hibiscus meraukensisFinished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outine drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Hibiscus normaniiFinished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outine drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Entelea arborescens, whau treeFinished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Gossypium acuminatum, cottonIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Lavatera phoeniceaPainting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33