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Wort Collection

Background imageWort Collection: Senecio Jacobaea or Ragwort

Senecio Jacobaea or Ragwort
Senecio Jacobaea, Ragwort, or St Jamess Wort, or Stagger-Wort, or Stammer-Wort. Date: circa 1909

Background imageWort Collection: Broad-leaved helleborine orchid, Epipactis helleborine

Broad-leaved helleborine orchid, Epipactis helleborine. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy

Background imageWort Collection: Perforate St John s-wort, Hypericum perforatum

Perforate St John s-wort, Hypericum perforatum. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

Background imageWort Collection: Candlenut, Crotn laccifer

Candlenut, Crotn laccifer. Croton lacciferum Linn. Sp. 1426, Burm. 204. Halecus terrestris, Rumph. 3 p.199 T.127. Ricin en arbre aromatique

Background imageWort Collection: Starfish plant and white swallow-wort

Starfish plant and white swallow-wort
Starfish plant, Orbea variegata 1 and white swallow-wort, Vincetoxicum hirundinaria 2. Stapelia variegata Linn. Asclepias du Cap de Bonne Esperance 1, Asclepias vincetoxicum Linn. Dompte-venin

Background imageWort Collection: Elkhorn plant, Rhombophyllum dolabriforme

Elkhorn plant, Rhombophyllum dolabriforme (Hatchet-leaved fig marigold, Mesembryanthemum dolabriforme). Mesembryanthemum a feuilles en forme de langue

Background imageWort Collection: Marsh St. Johns wort, Hypericum elodes

Marsh St. Johns wort, Hypericum elodes. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1793

Background imageWort Collection: St. Johns wort species

St. Johns wort species
Chinese St. Johns wort, Hypericum monogynum, Nepal St. Johns wort, Hypericum uralum, Majorca St. Johns wort, Hypericum baleericum, and Hypericum-like reaumuria

Background imageWort Collection: Wild rue, Ruta sylvestris, and St. John s

Wild rue, Ruta sylvestris, and St. John s
Wild rue, Ruta sylvestris, and St. Johns wort, Hypericum perforatum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageWort Collection: Ragwort or St. James wort and castor oil plant

Ragwort or St. James wort and castor oil plant
Ragwort or St. James wort, Jacobaea vulgaris, and castor oil plant, Ricinus communis. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal

Background imageWort Collection: Meadowsweet or mead wort, Filipendula ulmaria

Meadowsweet or mead wort, Filipendula ulmaria, Spiraea ulmaria, Ulmaire. Handcoloured steel engraving by Debray after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A

Background imageWort Collection: St. Johns wort, Hypericum perforatum

St. Johns wort, Hypericum perforatum, Polyadelphia, 1, 2, and blue bottle or cornflower, Centaurea cyanus, Syngenesia, 3-5. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F

Background imageWort Collection: Pink snowberry, Symphoricarpos microphyllus

Pink snowberry, Symphoricarpos microphyllus (Mountain St. Peters wort, Symphoricarpos montanus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Watts after a botanical illustration by Mills from Benjamin

Background imageWort Collection: Myrtle-leaved St. Johns wort, Hypericum uralum

Myrtle-leaved St. Johns wort, Hypericum uralum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by John Curtis from William Curtis Botanical Magazine, Samuel Curtis

Background imageWort Collection: Olympian St. Johns wort, Hypericum olympicum

Olympian St. Johns wort, Hypericum olympicum (Broad-leaved Olympian St. Johns wort, Hypericum olympicum latifolium). Handcoloured botanical engraving by Weddell from John Sims Curtiss Botanical

Background imageWort Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 518

Curtis British Entomology Plate 518
Coleoptera: Sphaereidium 4-maculatum = Sphaeridium scarabaeoides (4-spotted Dung Beetle) [Plant: Lepidium ruderale (Narrow-leaved Pepper Wort)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageWort Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 510

Curtis British Entomology Plate 510
Coleoptera: Cucujus spartii = Cryptolestes spartii (Broom Cucujus) [Plant: Hypericum perforatum (Perforated St. John?s Wort)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageWort Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 496

Curtis British Entomology Plate 496
Hymenoptera: Diodontus gracilis = Passaloecus gracilis [Plant: Hypericum pulchrum (Upright St. John?s Wort)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageWort Collection: PLANTS / CHELIDONIUM MAJUS

PLANTS / CHELIDONIUM MAJUS
GREATER CELANDINE, or SWALLOW WORT, or TETTERWORT Date: early 20th century

Background imageWort Collection: Large flowered St Johns Wort with yellow flowers

Large flowered St Johns Wort with yellow flowers
Large flowered St. Johns Wort with yellow flowers, Hypericum calycinum.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtiss Botanical Magazine

Background imageWort Collection: Centaury, yellow-wort and autumnal gentian

Centaury, yellow-wort and autumnal gentian.. Handcolored botanical copperplate engraving from Joshua Hamiltons Culpepers English Family Physician; or Medical Herbal Enlarged

Background imageWort Collection: Knapwort harshweed and common saw-wort

Knapwort harshweed and common saw-wort.. Handcolored botanical copperplate engraving from Joshua Hamiltons Culpepers English Family Physician; or Medical Herbal Enlarged

Background imageWort Collection: Botanical Sketchbook -- St Johns Wort

Botanical Sketchbook -- St Johns Wort. Date: 1920s

Background imageWort Collection: Epimedium roseum, barrenwort

Epimedium roseum, barrenwort
Watercolour by Arthur Harry Church, 9 May 1909. Plate 101

Background imageWort Collection: Arenaria norvegica, Norwegian sandwort

Arenaria norvegica, Norwegian sandwort
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageWort Collection: Gertrude Jekyll - Garden designer

Gertrude Jekyll - Garden designer
Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) - Prolific British Garden designer, Artist and Writer. Pictured here as the small central detail in a close-up taken from an advert for Shell. 1960

Background imageWort Collection: Pasteurs Apparatus

Pasteurs Apparatus
Original apparatus used by Pasteur for the cooling and fermenting of the beer wort

Background imageWort Collection: Plants / Silybum Marianum

Plants / Silybum Marianum
Dotted Leaved Saint Johns Wort


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