Petal Collection (page 2)

Iris susiana, mourning iris
Illustration from Flore des serres XI page 23, held in the Botany Library Plate Collection at the Natural History Museum, London

Caltha palustris, yellow marsh marigold
Drawing 1/9 made in 1906 by Arthur Harry Church (1865-1937). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 031

Godetia vinosa
Plate 8 from Ladies Flower Garden Annuals (1843) by Jane Wells Loudon. Also shows Anothera and Godetia varieties

Mandragora autumnalis, Autumn mandrake
Plate 80 from Ladies Flower Garden Perennials (1843) by Mrs Jane Loudon. Also shows Solanum etuberosum and Physalis viscosa

Adansonia, baobab tree
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Hibiscus africanus, bladder katmia

Bronphtoria sarpuinea
Illustration from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Hyacinthus orientalis, common hyacinth
Drawing 759 by Arthur Harry Church, 1904. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Petunia hybrida, petunia
Close-up of a cultivated petunia flower

Norantea guianensis, red hot poker
Plate 87 from Original Watercolour Drawings of Plants made in British Guiana by Sir Robert Hermann Schomburgk (Dicotyledons)

Goethea strictiflora, goethea
Drawing 22 by Arthur Harry Church, 19 July 1908. Plate 191

Ipomoea purpurea, morning glory
Watercolour by Arthur Harry Church, 26 September 1903

Gypsum crystals - A desert rose
Gypsum is comprised of (hydrated calcium sulphate). It forms from the evaporation of highly saline waters producing this ornate arrangement of crystals

Malva sylvestris, mallow
Watercolour by Arthur Harry Church, 24 August 1908. Plate 196

Papaver nudicaule L, arctic poppy
Papaver nudicaule L. var. rubro-aurantiacum Fisch. Ex DC. Dried specimen taken from the museum herbarium, collected in Russia, 1948

Alcaea pallida

Rhododendron, dawns delight. Dried specimen taken from the museums herbarium. Flowers red, bell-shaped. Collected by BM(NH) staff 14.5.1981. no 2009

Helianthus ovatus lehm. Dried specimen from the museum herbarium. Collected 5th September 1835

Hydrangea preziosa. Dried specimen from the museum herbarium. Date 20.viii.1974, No 1047. Cultivated plants from Hilliers Arboretum, England

Hydrangea macrophylla Tricolor, bigleaf hydrangea. Cultivated plants from Hilliers Arboretum, Ampfield, Hampshire, England. Collected by (BM)NH staff. Date 20.viii.1974 No. 1048

Helianthus indicu, sunflower
An illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Anacyclus valentina, anacyclus
Watercolour No. 181 from Volume 1 by Simon Taylor, c. mid-1700s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural history Museum, London

Folio 70 from A Collection of Flowers by John Edwards
Folio 70 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Folio 69 from A Collection of Flowers by John Edwards
Folio 69 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Folio 66 from A Collection of Flowers by John Edwards
Folio 66 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Folio 65 from A Collection of Flowers by John Edwards
Folio 65 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Folio 57 from A Collection of Flowers by John Edwards
Folio 57 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Impatiens balsamina, garden balsam
Folio 61 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Borago officinalis, borage
Folio 59 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Papaver alpinum, dwarf poppy
Folio 58 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Rosa rubiginosa, sweet briar rose
Folio 49 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Dianthus caryophyllus, various carnations
Folio 45 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Persicaria sp. knotweed
Folio 47 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Magnolia sp. magnolia
Folio 43 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Hyoscyamus aureus, golden flowered henbane
Folio 41 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Folio 38 from A Collection of Flowers by John Edwards
Folio 38 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Gentiana, Vaccinuim sp. & Exacum bicolor
White gentian, pink arbutus and dumcasia congesta. Plate 27 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Camellia japonica paeoniflora rosea, camellia
Illustration from Camellieae 1837, by William Beattie Booth (1804-1874) with drawings by Alfred Chandler

Amaryllis hybrida miniata, amaryllis
Painting from Catalogus Horti Academici Vindobonensis (1842) by Stephan Endlicher. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Angiosperm flower in amber
A flower trapped and preserved in Dominican amber. This specimen dates from the Lower Miocene period about 20 million years old

Cercis siliquastrum, Judas tree
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Amaryllis brasiliensis, Hippeastrum rutilum, amaryllis
Painting by Ignace Strenzel and engraved by Audery Weber. From Thesaurus botanicus Plate 43 (1805-1819) by Leopald Trattinick. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Lasiandra macrantha
Plate 4 from the Fitch Collection of the Lasiandra macrantha, a shrub native to South America from the family Melastomataceae

Zinnia sp. zinnia
Plate 35 from Ladies Flower Garden Annuals (1843) by Jane Wells Loudon. Also shows Zinnia verticilata, Elegans, Grandiflora, Sulphurea and Multiflora

Fossil leaves and thorn of a rose
Leaves of: Rosa hilliiae Lesquereux from the Oligocene period (23-35 million years), Colorado, U.S.A. Thorns of: Rosa penelopes Unger from the Miocene (5-23 million years) Styria, Austria

Apocynum

Phalaenopsis luteola, yellowish phalaenopsis. Taken from Burbidges sketch book

Tulipa sp. tulip
Watercolour 300 from the Saharunpore Gardens Collection, 1845

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