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Smilax Collection

Background imageSmilax Collection: Manna ash and sarsaparilla

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

Background imageSmilax Collection: Rough bindweed, Smilax aspera

Rough bindweed, Smilax aspera. Handcoloured lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendals German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), Jena, 1871

Background imageSmilax Collection: Hedge bindweed, Calystegia sepium

Hedge bindweed, Calystegia sepium. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageSmilax Collection: Mexican sarsaparilla, Smilax aristolochiifolia

Mexican sarsaparilla, Smilax aristolochiifolia
Mexican sarsaparilla Smilax aristolochiifolia (Smilax medica). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany

Background imageSmilax Collection: Sarsaparilla, Smilax aristolochiifolia

Sarsaparilla, Smilax aristolochiifolia (Smilax medica). Handcoloured lithograph by Charlotte Caroline Sowerby from Edward Hamiltons Flora Homeopathica, Bailliere, London, 1852

Background imageSmilax Collection: Mediterranean smilax, Smilax aspera

Mediterranean smilax, Smilax aspera. Handcoloured stipple engraving by Mlle. Brenet after an illustration by Pierre-Joseph Redoute from Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceaus Traite des Arbres et Arbustes

Background imageSmilax Collection: Herbaceous smilax, Smilax herbacea

Herbaceous smilax, Smilax herbacea. Handcoloured botanical engraving from John Sims Curtiss Botanical Magazine, Couchman, London, 1817

Background imageSmilax Collection: American sarsaparilla, Smilax aristolochiifolia

American sarsaparilla, Smilax aristolochiifolia (Vera Cruz or Mexican sarsaparilla, Smilax medica). Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert

Background imageSmilax Collection: Jamaica sarsaparilla, Smilax officinalis

Jamaica sarsaparilla, Smilax officinalis. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Background imageSmilax Collection: Cat greenbriar or catbriar, Smilax glauca

Cat greenbriar or catbriar, Smilax glauca (Smilax sarsaparilla). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Background imageSmilax Collection: Plants / Smilax China

Plants / Smilax China
Chinese Smilax or China Root Date: 1814

Background imageSmilax Collection: Smilax ornata, sarsaparilla, native to Mexico

Smilax ornata, sarsaparilla, native to Mexico.. Hand-coloured botanical illustration drawn by Matilda Smith and lithographed by E

Background imageSmilax Collection: Smilax leaved clematis, Clematis smilacifolia

Smilax leaved clematis, Clematis smilacifolia.. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Walter Hood Fitch for Sir William Jackson Hookers Curtiss Botanical Magazine, London

Background imageSmilax Collection: Smilax maculata and Smilax villandia

Smilax maculata and Smilax villandia Date: 1839


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