Purple Collection (page 28)

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

Polygala amara, dwarf milkwort
Illustration of Polygala amara, Table 83. from Icones Plantarum Medicinalium (1781) by Johann Zorn. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Calidris maritima, purple sandpiper, Charadrius wilsonius, W
Plate 284 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Erythrite
Erithrite comprises of (hydrated cobalt arsenate) and is characterized by its striking red-purple colouration and needle-like fibrous crystals

Spodumene
A specimen of the mineral spodumene (lithium aluminium silicate). This mineral comes in two varieties, Kunzite and Hiddenite

Priacanthus tayenus, purple-spotted bigeye
Plate 133 from the John Reeves Collection. John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings

Iris cf. germanica, bearded iris
Illustration from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Gottfried Simula. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Quartz variety amethyst

Arum sessiliflorum, voodoo lily
Plate 918 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, c. 1795-1805. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Polyanthus sp. primrose
Folio 64 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

Klugia notoniana, balsamina
Plate 13 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Purple thunbergia, purple thunbergia
Plate 26 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Solanum melongena, eggplant and Capsicum sp. chilli
Plate 54 from Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous (1858) by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928)

Aerides iindleyanum, rock orchid
Plate 65 from Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous (1858) by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928)

Prunus sp. (27) Persian peach (26) late purple peach
Illustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg. Entitled Persique, Purpee tardive

Gilia tenuiflora, slender-flowered gilia
Plate 28 from The Ladies Flower-Garden of Ornamental Annuals (1839) by Jane Wells Loudon

Scrophulariaceae
Plate 111 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)

Ceanothus sp. Californian lilac
Drawing 49/1 made in 1904 by Arthur Harry Church (1865-1937). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Bark canoes of Port Jackson
Watercolour 43 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

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

Iris tectorum Maxim. wild iris
From The genus Iris (1913) by William Rickatson Dykes (1877-1925). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus, purple swamphen
Watercolour 331 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled Black-jointed Gallinule, Goo la warring

Sarracenia purpurea, pitcherplant
Drawing 9/2 made in 1905 by Arthur Harry Church (1865-1937). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 135

Gentian sp. gentian
Plate 97 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)

Anemone hepatica, liverleaf
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1905. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Gladiolus sp. corn flag
Plate 159 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)

Melastoma melabathricum, pink glory bush
Plate 1148 from the Fleming Collection of Indian Drawings, 1800. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Iris setosa, blue flag
Plate XXIII from The Genus Iris (1913) by William Rickatson Dykes (1877-1925). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Viola sp
Plate 62 from Flowers by John Edwards, 1795. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Iris kaempferi, Japanese iris
Plate XIX from The Genus Iris (1913) by William Rickatson Dykes (1877-1925). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Echinacea purpurea, purple coneflower

Lepidolite

Capsicum annuum Filius blue

Cheilodactylus gibbosus, crested morwong
One of 67 original water colour drawings of Mammals, Reptiles and Fish found at King Georges Sound, Western Australia, and in its neighbourhood; accompanied by manuscript notes by Neill, Robert

Agate dyed

Agate
Dyed agate

Star rubies and sapphires
Star stones of ruby and sapphire, both are varieties of the mineral corundum (aluminium oxide). Ruby always appears in red where as sapphire comes in a variety of colours

Blue John specimen
A compact banded variety of Fluorite known as Blue John, found only in Castleton, Derbyshire, England. Specimen on display at the Natural History Museum, London

Tulipa cultivar, tulip
Watercolour by J. van der Vinne, from the Dutch Collection, c. late 1600s/early 1700s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Citrine and amethyst are both varieties of quartz (silicon dioxide)

Typhonium roxburghii
Plate 1116 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, c. 1795-1805. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Arisaema triphylla, Jack-in-the-pulpit
Illustration No.2 by Peter Brown, c. 1760s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Fluorite
6mm octahedral purple crystal on calcite collected from the Smith Vein, 1987. Green centre of the crystal does not show on film. Specimen from Carrock mine, Caldbeck, Cumbria

Pelargonium klierianum, geranium
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. By Leopald Trattinick, 1825

Amethyst is the purple variety of quartz (silicon dioxide) and is a popular gemstone

Prunus sp. peach (Neals Early Purple Peach)
Plate 23 from Pomona Londinensis (1818) by William Hooker. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Prunus sp. plum (The Nectarine Plum)
Plate 39 from Pomona Londinensis (1818) by William Hooker. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

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