Vegetable Collection (page 6)

Zander and jarbua terapon
Zander, Sander lucioperca 1, and jarbua terapon, Terapon jarbua 2. Sandat comune, Terapone giarbua. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle

Shi drum and cingle
Shi drum, Umbrina cirrosa 1 and cingle, zingel, Zingel zingel 2. Ombrina barbuta, Cinglo. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze

Fossils of extinct marine creatures
Fossil of extinct demosponge Verticillites 1, Rubula soldanii 2, and Nubecularia lucifuga 3. Verticillite crecateo d Ellis, Rubula del Soldani, Nubecularia lucifuga

Chinese elm, Ulmus parvifolia
Chinese elm or lacebark elm, Ulmus parvifolia, Ulmus chinensis, Olmo della China. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Amargo, Quassia amara
Amargo, bitter-ash, bitter-wood or hombre grande, Quassia amara. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Cyrtandre plant, Cyrtandra staminea, Cirtandra staminea. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science

European black elderberry, Sambucus nigra, Sambuco nero o comune. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Seagrape or baygrape, Coccoloba uvifera, Uva marina. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science

Agarwood, Aquilaria malaccensis, Critically endangered. Aquilaria ovata, Aquilaria di Malacca. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze

Roughhead grenadier and hollowsnout grenadier
Roughhead grenadier or onion-eye grenadier, Macrourus berglax 1 and hollowsnout grenadier, Coelorinchus caelorhincus (Lepidoleprus coelorhinchus) 2

Two-flowered agave, Dracaena boscii, Littaea geminiflora, Agave geminiflora, Yucca boscii, Littea di fiori a coppie. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus

Types of ferns and fern trees
West Indian treefern, Cyathea arborea, vine fern, Microgramma piloselloides 2, graceful fern, Niphidium crassifolium 3, coarse tassel fern, Huperzia phlegmaria 4, staghorn clubmoss

Crested partridge and buttonquail
Crested partridge, Rollulus rouloul 1 and Madagascar buttonquail, Turnix nigricollis or Turnix nigrifrons 2. Crittonice coronata, Emipodio a benda nera

Coconut, banana, sugar cane, etc
Coconut palm, Cocos nucifera 1, banana, Musa paradisiaca 2, sugar cane, Saccharum officinale 3, flag, Iris germanica 4, Poets daffodil, Narcissus poeticus 5, and fern Cymbidium echinocarpon 6

Crimson seedcracker, Pyrenestes sanguineus sanguineus (Crimson nutcracker, Pirenestes sanguineus). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson

Intensive vegetable production, 1940
Intensive vegetable production. Inter-cropping as a war time necessity, 1940. Date: 1940

Vegetable variety, 1943. Wartime recipes. Date: 1943

Menu card, Princes Restaurant, Singapore
Front cover, menu card, Princes Restaurant, Singapore, showing a chef and his young assistant in a ramshackle and untidy kitchen. (1 of 3) Date: circa 1930s

Soya beans - a hint for hungry Europe 1921
Page from The Illustrated London News reporting on the possibilities of the soya bean as the solution to the cost of living in Europe

Master Libbys Spanish Rice
Libbys Happy Families Card Game, Master Libbys Spanish Rice. circa 1950s

Poster, The effects of over-cooking and keeping hot. Vitamin value, goodness, taste go up in smoke - result is waste. 1945

The Dutch Housewife, by Nicolaes Maes, in the National Gallery, London. Date: 1655

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

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

Watercress, Nasturtium officinale (Sisymbrium nasturtium). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1801

Rough chervil, Anthriscus caucalis (Scandix anthriscus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby for Smiths English Botany, London, 1800

Corn salad or lambs lettuce, Valerianella locusta (Valeriana locusta). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1800

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

Garden chervil, Anthriscus cerefolium (Scandix cerefolium). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby for Smiths English Botany, London, 1804

Wild celery, Apium graveolens. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1803

Scottish lovage, Scottish licorice-root, Ligusticum scoticum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby for Smiths English Botany (1803)

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

Legumiere or vegetable dish from Delft, Netherlands, 18th century, with lattice and floral pattern, nymph handles and bear legs

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

Garden pea, Pisum sativum
Garden pea varieties, Pisum sativum (P. majus and P. minus). 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

Rocket or arugula, Eruca sativa, and dogmustard, Erucastrum nasturtiifolium. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Variety of runner bean, Phaseolus vulgaris
Variety of runner bean, Haricot flageolet beurre sanguin a rames, Phaseolus vulgaris. Chromolithograph by P. de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1884

Mashua or tuberous nasturtium, Tropaeolum tuberosum. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Herbs and vegetables, plantes condimentaires et fruits legumieres. Corn, Zea mais, cucumber, Cucumis sativus, pepper, Capsicum annuum, tomato, Solanum lycopersicum, caper, Capparis spinosa

Vegetable and salad leaves, herbes potageres et pour salades. American black nightshade, Solanum americanum, Solanum nigrum, New Zealand spinach, Tetragona expansa, pokeweed, Phytolacca decandra

Water-shield, Brasenia schreberi, Hydropeltis purpurea, Hydropeltis. Handcoloured steel engraving by Alphonse-Leon Noel after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A

Onion, Allium cepa. Handcoloured lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendals German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), Jena, 1871

Sessile oak, Quercus petraea (Durmast oak, Quercus sessiliflora). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes

Common British oak tree, Quercus robur. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst

Common arrowhead, Sagittaria sagittifolia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst

Wild rice, Zizania aquatica. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst, London, 1816

Wild or purple amaranth, Amaranthus blitum. 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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