Root Collection

Yggdrasil, the Tree of Life in Norse mythology
Yggdrasil (Yggdrasill), the sacred ash, the Tree of Life, the Mundane Tree of Norse mythology, whose branches overhang the Universe

Yggdrasil, the Tree of Life in Norse mythology
Yggdrasil (Yggdrasill), the sacred ash, the Tree of Life, the Mundane Tree of Norse mythology, whose branches overhang the Universe

Teeth of adults and children
The teeth of adults and children, shown in cross-section, individually, and in the mouth

Vegetable roots
Plate 4 from Le Regne Vegetal, Vol 12, Hort. Atlas (1870). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Entitled Racines alimentaires

Biophytum sensitivum, sikerpud
Plate 190 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Papaver (Poppy), two varieties
Two varieties of Papaver (Poppy) -- Papaver flore pleno rubrum (Double Red) and Papaver Eraticum rubrum (Wild Red), drawn by Basilius Besler (1561-1629)

United States Air Force - Martin NRB-57D Canberra 53-3973 31 May 1956 accepted by the 4080 Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 1959-61: AFSC. Converted to WB-57D

Potato, Solanum tuberosum
From Icones Plantarum medicinalium secundum systema Linni digestarum, 1788-1812 by Joseph Jacob Von Plenck

Indian shot, achira or meeru, Canna indica (Canna edulis). Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants

Hermit crabs and coconut crab
Hermit crab, Pagurus excavatus 1, common hermit crab in shell, Pagurus bernhardus 2, and coconut crab, Birgus latro 3. Paguro angoloso, Paguro bernardo, Birgo ladro

Virginia snakeroot, Aristolochia serpentaria. Handcoloured woodblock engravings from James Mains Popular Botany, Orr and Smith, London, 1835

Blood lily, Scadoxus multiflorus (Haemanthus multiflorus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell from Samuel Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1818

Manna ash and sarsaparilla
Manna ash, Fraxinus ornus 1, and sarsaparilla, Smilax regelii 2, with root, flower and node. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Ginger root, Jamaica Date: early 1900s

Ginger root, Jamaica, early 1900s Date: early 1900s

Hawker Siddeley HS. 125-3B G-AVAI
Hawker Siddeley HS.125-3B G-AVAI (msn 25125), of Brown & Root (UK) Ltd. at London Heathrow Airport. Date: circa 1975

Spanish Civil War poster, Juan Negrin
Spanish Civil War poster in the Catalan language. Companys -- I could not live without freedom. Juan Negrin -- The intimate root of Catalunya is nourished by liberal substances. Date: circa 1938

Dioscorides Mandrake Plants Mandragora Circa
dioscorides, mandrake, plants, mandragora, circa, 80, ad, greek, naturalist, receives, root, euresis, goddess, discovery, dog, dies, dead, history, historical, 10018551

French Leave, by Reginald Berkeley, touring play, at the Opera House, Buxton, Derbyshire, from 3 July 1922 for three nights. Date: 1922

The dancers of Variety in 1929. Hope Minor and Edward Root (Top left), Janet Martine an RKO headliner (top middle), Neva, an acrobatic dancer with Dave Apollon (top right)

Trades in Regency England. Brick making, butter churning and rabbit warren. Brickmaker with bricks, hod, kiln and wheelbarrow in Woolpit 31, woman churning butter in an urn in Bury dairy 32

Red root, Wachendorfia thyrsiflora, native to South Africa. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Sycamore, silver fir, foxglove, prickly pear, etc
Old World sycamore, Platanus orientalis, silver fir, Abies picea, foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, prickly pear, Opuntia, Carduus marianus thistle, Silybum marianum, Venus flytrap, Dionaea muscipula

Advertisement for Stones Ginger Wine. Date: 1893

Advert, Bell & Bieberstedt, Seed Growers, Leith, Scotland
Advert for Bell & Bieberstedt, Seed Growers, Leith, Scotland. 1905

Hesperantha vaginata (Sheathed tile root, Geissorhiza vaginata). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after Edwin Dalton Smith from John Lindley

True oxlip, Primula elatior. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1798

Wild carrot, Daucus carota. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1803

Common tormentil, Potentilla erecta (Tormentilla officinalis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1801

Asaragus from Sowerbys English Botany, London
Asparagus plant with root, flower and fruit, Asparagus officinalis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, London, 1796

Asparagus, Asparagus officinalis. Handcoloured lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendals German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), Jena, 1871

Little shiitake and deep root mushroom
Little shiitake, Lentinus tigrinus and deep root mushroom, Xerula radicata (Collybia radicata). Chromolithograph by Lassus after an illustration by A

Root plants and vegetables including artichoke, globe thistle, chicory, dandelion, centaury, tansy, passionflower, rafflesia, pumpkin, sunflower, etc

Ivy-leaved toadflax, Cymbalaria muralis, and rose root, Rhodiola rosea radix. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Radish, Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, and wild radish, Raphanus raphanistrum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal

Twinleaf or rheumatism root, Jeffersonia diphylla. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1825

Zedoary or white turmeric, Curcuma zedoaria. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Liquorice or licorice, Glycyrrhiza glabra. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Lady fern, Athyrium filix femina. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1848

Root vegetables, racines et tubercule alimentaires. Salsify, Tragopogon porrifolium, skirret, Sium sisarum, oca or New Zealand yam, Oxalis crenata, parsnip, Pastinaca sativa, and black salsify

Root vegetables, racines alimentaires. Beetroot, Beta vulgaris, wild carrot, Daucus carota, and rampion, Campanula rapunculus

Seneca snakeroot or rattlesnake root, Polygala senega, Senega. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lebrun after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Chinese rhubarb or rhubarb root, Rheum palmatum, Rhubarbe palmee. Handcoloured steel engraving by Debray after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Calumba tree, Jateorhiza columba, Cocculus palmatus, Colombo. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lebrun after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Jalap vine, Ipomoea jalapa, Convolvulus jalapa, Jalap. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lebrun after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Ginger or ginger root, Zingiber officinale, Amomum zingiber, Gingembre. Handcoloured steel engraving by Oudet after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A

Paper wasp and nest, weevils and sea slugs on seaweed
Polistes gallicus, paper wasp and nest, blue weevil, Eupholus schoenherri, root weevil, Diaprepes abbreviatus, Polycera sea slugs, Ancula gibbosa, Atlantic ancula, on seaweed

Papyrus grass root, Cyperus papyrus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst

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