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Olea sp. olivePlate 75 from Botanicum Medicinale (1759) by Timothy Sheldrake. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Jasminum nudiflorum, winter jasmineIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held 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
Agapanthus, lily of the Nile
Sorbier des olseleursPlate 20 from Le Regne Vegetal Plantes agricoles, Vol 16, 1870
Vanda caerulea, Himalayan orchidIllustration from the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. This plant was thought to be extinct in 1996
Syringa tomentella. Dried specimen taken from the museum herbarium. Collected near Newbury, Berks 1952
Lavandula pinnata, lavenderIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Lavandula angustifolia, common lavenderIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Syringa vulgaris, common lilacDrawing by Richard Lancake. Image used in The Chelsea Gardener Philip Miller (1990) by Hazel Le Rougetel, plate 2
Jasminum grandiflorum, Spanish jasminePainting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33
Fraxinus excelsior, ash
Denrobium crumenatum, orchidWatercolour on vellum by Sydney Parkinson (1745-1771). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Salvia barrelieri, meadow claryIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Allium ampeloprasum, broadleaf wild leekIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Lavandula abrotanoides, lavenderIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Ipomoea diversifolia, morning-gloryIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. Annotated in manuscript Pharbitis diversifolia
Olea europaea, acebucheIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Olea europaea, oliveIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Parsonsia heterophylla, jasmineFinished watercolour by James Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Wisteria sp
Chicorium intybus, chicoryIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Campanula medium, Canterbury bellsPlate 63 from Ladies Flower Garden Annuals (1843) by Jane Wells Loudon. Also shows Macrophylla, Barbata, Punctata, Alpina and Sarmatica
Campanula sp. bellflowerAn illustration of Campanula, artist unknown. Original artwork from the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Petunia hybrida, petuniaClose-up of a cultivated petunia flower
Syringa pubescens turez. Dried specimen taken from the museum herbarium
Syringa vulgaris, lilac. Dried specimen taken from the museum herbarium
Fraxinus excelsior, weeping ash pollenScanning electron microscope picture (x 1500) of ash pollen grains from above, with three furrowed apertures (trizonocolporate)
Fraxinus excelsior, ash tree
Iris cf. germanica, bearded irisIllustration from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Gottfried Simula. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Folio 57 from A Collection of Flowers by John EdwardsFolio 57 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Ceanothus sp. Californian lilacDrawing 49/1 made in 1904 by Arthur Harry Church (1865-1937). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Olea fragrans, sweet oliveIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Syringa sp. Scotch lilacFolio 75 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Jasminum polyanthum, jasmineFolio 68 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Syringa persica, Persian lilacFolio 53 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Himalayan species of JasminA 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
Iris maxima, irisIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Olivier, olive treePlate 30 from Le Regne Vegetal Plantes agricoles Vol 30
Phlox stolonifera, creeping phloxPainting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33
Casuarius casuarius, southern cassowaryA mounted specimen of the southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) on display in the Natural History Museum at Tring. Photographed by Harry Taylor
Forsythia Intermedia, a genus of the Oleaceae (Olive) family, and a hybrid of Forsythia Suspensa and Forsythia Viridissima. It has bright yellow flowers