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Encephalartos horridus, Eastern Cape blue cycadA watercolour illustration of the Eastern Cape blue cycad (Encephalartos horridus), native to South Africa. Original artwork part of the James Yates (1789-1871)
Cypripedium calceolus, Ladys Slipper OrchidOriginally published in: Paxtons magazine of botany, and register of flowering plants. Published in London. December 1836. Natural History Museums Botany Library. Plate Collection number 169
Fucus bulbosus, kelpPlate 161 from Fuci, or coloured figures and descriptions of the Plants referred by botanists to the genus Fucus (1808-1819), Volume III, by Mary Dawson Turner
Banksia coccinea, scarlet banksiaPlate 139 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)
Dianthus barbatus, sweet williamFolio 40 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Cirtus paradisi, grapefruitTab 65 from Histoire naturelle des Orangers 1818-1820 by Antoine Risso. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. This illustration is entitled Pompelmouse chadec
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Tewin Water House and Tewin Water, HertfordshireView of Tewin Water House and Tewin Water, at Digswell, Hertfordshire, with a host of golden daffodils in the foreground. The house was built in the 17th century
Compton Acres Gardens at Canford Cliffs, near Poole, DorsetView of Compton Acres Gardens in the village of Canford Cliffs, near Poole, Dorset. Bright pink flowers can be seen through an archway with a wrought iron gate
Rosa Padre, a hybrid tea rose of the Rosaceae family. Seen here in close-up, showing two bright pink flowers and a bud
Calder Hall Power StnCalder Hall Nuclear Power Station, Cumbria, England, Britains first, it opened in 1956. The first in the world to produce electricity on a commercial scale. Closed 2003
Ford Assembly LineFORD MOTOR COMPANY The assembly line at the Rouge Plant, Dearborn, illinois
Stalingrad Tractor PlantBattle in Tractor Plant, later the last stand for the Germans before the liberation of Stalingrad
Vegetable plantsPlate 10 from Le Regne Vegetal, Vol 12, Hort. Atlas (1870). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Entitled Plantes potagerea
Ananas comosus, pineappleA photograph of the detail from one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing Ananas comosus, pineapple
Dillenia ornataIllustration from Plantae Asiaticae Rariores (1829-30) by Nathaniel Wallich. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Nymphaea sp. water lilyWatercolour No. 15 by Walter Hood Fitch, c. mid-1800s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Fucus radiatus, kelp
Grey-rumped Tree SwiftIllustration of a Grey-rumped Tree Swift by William Swainson (1789-1855)
Tropaeolum sp. nasturtiumPlate 42 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)
Damascena coccinea, portland rosePainting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840) from Les Roses Vol. 1, 1817. Illustration entitled Rosier de Portland./
BP employee opening the flow valvesA British Petroleum employee opens the flow valves of an oil plant in the Middle East (likely to have been in Iraq or Iran)
From Pig to Pork 1897The slaughter process from pig to pork at Armours Chicago plant
XDecorative flower study by Jeannie Foord
Clematis Montana Rubens, a hardy climbing plant of the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, with pink flowers. Seen here growing up the side of a house
Mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris, and wormwood, Artemisia absinthium.. Handcolored botanical copperplate engraving from Joshua Hamiltons Culpepers English Family Physician; or Medical Herbal Enlarged
Great argonaut, cuttlefish and flying squidGreat argonaut, Argonauta argo 1, cuttlefish, Sepia tuberculata 2 and European flying squid, Todarodes sagittatus 3. Polpo dell argonauta, Seppia tubercolata, Calamajo sagittato
Piper nigrum, pepper vinePlate 24 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London
Oenothera grandiflora, evening primroseUnnumbered drawing (Tab IV) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Country Home At HorshamA photograph of a charming old country home in Horsham, West Sussex, restored in the early 1900s to equip the property with an electric lighting plant, without losing it's old world appeal
Coal arriving at OrgreavePickets and police look on as coal is brought into the British Steel coking plant at Orgreave, South Yorkshire during the Coal miners strike
Goose barnacles, Alepas species 1, 2, Pentalepas laevis 3, Pollicipes 4, and goose neck barnacle, Pollicipes pollicipes 4, 5, extinct Litholepas 6
Sentry plant or American aloe, Agave americanaSentry plant, century plant, maguey or American aloe, Agave americana, Agave. Handcoloured steel engraving by Pierre after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A
Madagascar periwinkle, Catharanthus roseus (Vinca rosea). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sansom after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards rom William Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1793
Frankincense, luban tree, or olibanum-tree, Boswellia sacra (Boswellia carterii). Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley
Urania speciosa; PalmWatercolour from the John Reeves Collection; c.1820s Date: 1820
Harmal or Syrian rue, Peganum harmala.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by French botanist Jean Baptiste Francois Pierre Bulliard from Herbier de la France, Paris, 1780
Vintage seed packet: CosmosA beautiful Cosmos seed packet from the Burts Seeds Company, New York. Date: c. 1910
Indigofera tinctora, indigoIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Mangifera indica, mangoPlate 234 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Phaenocoma prolifera, everlastingWatercolour No. 8 by Ralph Stennett, c. early 1800s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Nyrustuca moschata, nutmegIllustration by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London
Capsicum frutesceus, common chilliIllustration by by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London
Syncarpha vestita, Cape everlastingWatercolour No. 35 by Ralph Stennett, 1807. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Biophytum sensitivum, sikerpudPlate 190 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Rhododendron spWatercolour No. 17 by Ralph Stennett, 1805. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Paeonia sp. peonyPlate 1 From Drawings of Kew Plants by Franz Bauer (1758-1840). Detailed close-up of flower head. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Primula acaulis (vulgaris), common primrosePainting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33. Illustration entitled Primevere grandiflore