Milkweed Collection

Milkweed, Asclepias syriaca
Common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca, showing seed and floss. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy

Meadow saxifrage, Saxifraga granulata. Sassifraga bianca. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy

Common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca. Linn. Sp. Pl. 313. l Ouatte. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jean Victor Dupin junior from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Herbier Artificial

Candlenut, Crotn laccifer. Croton lacciferum Linn. Sp. 1426, Burm. 204. Halecus terrestris, Rumph. 3 p.199 T.127. Ricin en arbre aromatique

Whorled milkweed or whorl-leaved swallow-wort, Asclepias verticillata. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by Edward Dalton Smith from Robert Sweets The

African grasshopper or milkweed locust, Phymateus cinctus (Triple-spined locust, Gryllus squarrosus). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Wild ginger, milkweed, and insects
European wild ginger, Asarum europaeum 1, Libelloides longicornis, Ascalaphus longicornis 2, milkweed, Asclepias syriaca 3, and hornet robberfly, Asilus crabroniformis 4

Amesia sanguiflua and milkweed tiger moth
Amesia sanguiflua moth 1, 2, milkweed tiger, Euchaetes egle 3, and Noctua chera moth of Surinam 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Exotic Chinese insects
Chinese insects: milkweed locust, Phymateus morbillosus morbillosus 1, jewel beetles, Chrysochroa vittata 2, Chrysochroa ocellata 3, Chinese scarab beetle, Scarabaeus chinensis 4

Asclepias curassavica, Tropical milkweed - London, Natural History Museum, Botany Library, Bauer Unit, Unfinished Drawings of plants by Francis Bauer 2: No. 121

Common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca.. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieus Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

Seed vessel pericarpium of the milkweed Asclepias syriaca 1-2 and apple Malus domestica 3-4.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtiss

Euphorbia glauca, sea spurge
Finished 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

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