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Banksia integrifolia, coastal banksiaFinished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Livistona humilis, sand palmPlate 225 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)
Banksia coccinea, scarlet banksiaPlate 139 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)
Phaenocoma prolifera, everlastingWatercolour No. 8 by Ralph Stennett, c. early 1800s. Held in the Botany Library 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
Magnolia virginiana, North American sweet bayIllustration No.4 by Peter Brown, c. 1760s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Protea nitida, wagon treePlate 85 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
Primula vulgaris, common primroseIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. By William Kilburn (1745-1818)
Banksia speciosa, showy banksiaPlate 140 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)
Ipomoea obscura, morning gloryWatercolour no. 54 from the Nathaniel Wallich Collection, c. 1820s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Colocasia esculenta, taroPlate 4 from a collection of original drawings and sketches by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Chrysanthemum x morifolium, chrysanthemum. Plate 582 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Papaver orientale, oriental poppyIllustration from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Gottfried Simula. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Dieffenbachia seguine, dumb-caneWatercolour no.13 by Ralph Stennett, 1807. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Magnolia grandifolra, southern magnoliaPlate 26 from a collection of original drawings and sketches by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Picture No. 10717425Plate 141 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)
Nymphaea rubra, red indian water lily see 40246Plate 1160 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, c. 1790. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Poaceae: The Grass tribe, grasses used by humansPlate 175 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)
Ptychosperma elegans, solitare palmPlate 223 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)
Nelumbo nucifera, sacred lotusPlate 45 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Papver sonniferum, field poppyPlate 49 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Ipomoea mauritiana, giant potatoPlate 726 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Magnolia liliiflora, purple lily-flowered magnolia
Chrisolido & Bys Souverain le Crep, tulips
Euphorbia sp. spurgePlate 509 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Magnolia cf. delavayi, magnoliaPlate 23 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Cocus nucifera, coconut palmPlate 985 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Ipomoea indica, morning gloryFinished watercolour by John Frederick Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Hylocereus triangularis, pitahaya fruitPlate 510 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Chrysanthemum x morifolium, chrysanthemumPlate 590 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Liliaceae: lilyPlate 159 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
Narcissus tazetta, tazettaPlate 57 from Collection of water-colour drawings of Flowers after Nature by Gerrit van Spaendonck (1746-1822)
Iris germanica (left) and Iris pallida (right), bearded irisIllustration by Anna Maria Sibylla Merian, from the Dutch Collection, late 1600s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Garden IllustrationAn illustration from Hortus Floridus (1614) by Crispian van de Passe
Tagetes erecta L. marigold
Magnolia denudata, yulan magnoliaIllustration in the Reeves Collection, c. 1820s, watercolour with bodycolour on paper. Also used in Potted Histories (2003) by Sandra Knapp (page 134)
Mancragora officinarum, mandrakeCopy of De Materia Medica by the Greek physician Dioscorides. Used as standard medical work up to Middle Ages. Copy made in 1460 and owned by Sir Joseph Banks
Cereus hexagonus, lady of the night cactusUnsigned artwork from mid to late 1700s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Nymphaea lotus, water lily of MalabarWatercolour by T. Reichel, 1789. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Picea glauca, white spruceWatercolour depicting white spruce foliage from page 42 of Ehret Drawing Book, by Georg Dionysius Ehret, c. 1740 s
Iris pumila, dwarf pogon irisWatercolour No. 36 from the Round Small Collection by Frank Howard Round, c. 1920. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Iris pallida, bearded irisWatercolour No. 22 from the Round Large Collection by Frank Howard Round, c. 1920. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Meconopsis napaulensis, blue poppy
Pinus mugo, European mountain pineWatercolour depicting the foliage of a European mountain pine from page 38 of Ehret Drawing Book, by Georg Dionysius Ehret, c. 1740 s
Borassus flabellifer, wine palmPlate 882 from the John Fleming Collection of Indian Drawings, c. 1795-1805. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Nymphaea capensis, cape blue water lilyUnsigned artwork from early 1800s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Cymbopogon iwarancusa, oilgrassPlate 624 from the John Fleming Collection of Indian Drawings, c. 1795-1805. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London