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Populus Collection

Background imagePopulus Collection: Black poplar tree, Populus nigra

Black poplar tree, Populus nigra. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Background imagePopulus Collection: Silver poplar, Populus alba

Silver poplar, Populus alba. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse, (Handbook of all medical-pharmaceutical plants)

Background imagePopulus Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 715

Curtis British Entomology Plate 715
Lepidoptera: Clostera anachoreta (Scarce Chocolate-tip) [Plant: Populus tremula (Aspen)] Date: 1824-39

Background imagePopulus Collection: Populus Tremula

Populus Tremula
ASPEN Date: 19th century

Background imagePopulus Collection: C Squadron Inns of Court Regiment Memorial, Normandy

C Squadron Inns of Court Regiment Memorial, Normandy
The Memorial is at la Breche de la Valette just behind Juno Beach. It carries their motto - Salus Populus Suprema Lex (The Welfare of the people shall be the supreme law)

Background imagePopulus Collection: Illustration, Cymatophoridae -- Acronyctidae

Illustration, Cymatophoridae -- Acronyctidae -- Thyatira Batis, Cymatophora Or, Asphalia Flavicornis, Asphalia Ridens, Acronycta Leporina, Acronycta Alni, Acronycta Psi, Acronycta Aceris

Background imagePopulus Collection: Poplar Trees and Yellow Flag Irises

Poplar Trees and Yellow Flag Irises
Yellow Flag Iris grow on the bank of a dyke, bordered on the far side with a row of six poplars. Airbrush painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imagePopulus Collection: White poplar

White poplar
Watercolour on paper by Florence Helen Woolward (1854-1936). Held in the Library and Archives

Background imagePopulus Collection: Illustration, Nymphalidae -- Danaidae

Illustration, Nymphalidae -- Danaidae -- Limenitis Populi, Apatura Iris, Apatura Ilia (variety Clytie), Charaxes Jasius, Danaus Chrysippus

Background imagePopulus Collection: Populus tremula, aspen

Populus tremula, aspen
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. Aspen tree foliage

Background imagePopulus Collection: Aspen

Aspen
Plate 1 from The Shape, Skeleton and Foliage of Thirty Two Species of Trees, 1786 by A. Cozens. The series was originally issued in 1771

Background imagePopulus Collection: Pollard Aspen

Pollard Aspen
Plate 2 from The Shape, Skeleton and Foliage of Thirty Two Species of Trees, 1786 by A. Cozens. The series was originally issued in 1771

Background imagePopulus Collection: Populus latior

Populus latior
A fossilized leaf (11 cms wide) of Populus latior, once a large flowering tree which shed many leaves during its life span

Background imagePopulus Collection: Populus nigra, lombardy or black poplar pollen

Populus nigra, lombardy or black poplar pollen
Scanning electron microscope image (x 1500) of black poplar pollen grains showing a characteristic granular surface ornamentation and no apertures (inaperturate)

Background imagePopulus Collection: Populus alba L. DCXIV, white poplar

Populus alba L. DCXIV, white poplar
An illustrative plate of white poplar tree foliage, catkins and fruit from the Natural History Museum Botany Library Plate Collection


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