Botany Collection (page 12)

Morchella esculenta, c. 1915-45
Illustration of Morchella esculenta, known as common or true morel, yellow morel or sponge morel by Elsie M. Wakefield from the Kew Collection, c.1915-1945

Trachycarpus fortunei, ca 1850
Illustration of Trachycarpus fortunei, commonly known as hemp palm, by unknown Chinese artist, Robert Fortune Collection, Kew, ca. 1850

Eugeissona tristis, 1850
Illustration of Eugeissona tristis, commonly known as bertam or wild Bornean sago, by unknown Indian artist from Palms of British East India by William Griffith and John McClelland, 1850

Lachenalia quadricolor, 1808
Illustration of Lachenalia quadricolor, commonly known as Cape cowslip. Watercolour on paper by Sydenham Edwards, 1808. This is the original illustration painted for Curtiss Botanical Magazine

Iris xiphium, 1824 -1834
Illustration of Iris xiphium, commonly known as Spanish iris. Copperplate stipple-engraving illustrated by Pierre Joseph Redoute and engraved by Langlois, 1824 -1833

Hyacinthus orientalis, 1827
Illustration of Hyacinthus orientalis, commonly known as hyacinth. Copperplate stipple-engraving, printed in colour, and hand-finished using watercolour by Pierre Joseph Redoute

Hesperantha coccinea, 1864
Illustration of Hesperantha coccinea, commonly known as crimson flag lily or Kaffir lily. Watercolour and pencil on paper by Walter Hood Fitch, 1864

Dietes huttonii, 1875
Current accepted plant name is Moraea huttonii, commonly known as moraea or Cape tulip. Watercolour and pencil on paper by Walter Hood Fitch, 1875

Galanthus elwesii, 1875
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper by Walter Hood Fitch, 1875. Artwork from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, volume 101, plate 6166

Sparaxis pulcherrimum, 1866
Current accepted plant name is Dierama pulcherrimum, commonly known as angels fishing rod, wandflower or hairbell. Hand-coloured lithograph on paper by Walter Hood Fitch, 1866

Tulips, 1799-1807
Colour mezzotint, finished by hand of Tulipa x gesneriana cultivars, commonly known as broken tulips. Artwork by Richard Earlom after Philip Reinagle, plate 25 from Robert Thorntons Temple of Flora

Cuminum cyminum, 1789
Illustration of Cuminum cyminum, commonly known as cumin, from Icones Plantarum Medicinal by Joseph Jacob Plenck, 1789, volume 2, plate 192

Large Flowering Sensitive Plant. Mimosa pigra. Illustration from New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus by Robert J. Thornton, London, 1799, Publ. Dr. Thornton. Tab. 17 T.017

Tamarindus indica, 1887
Tamarindus indica, commonly known as tamarind, Köhler's Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887, volume 2, Plate 180

Agaricus campestris, field mushroom
Agaricus campestris. Field mushroom, meadow mushroom. Illustration from Coloured figures of English fungi or mushrooms, London, 1797 - 1803 by James Sowerby, Vol. 3, 1801. Tab. 305, t. 305

Foeniculum officinale, fennel
Foeniculum officinale as Foeniculum vulgare, commonly known as sweet fennel. Illustration from Flora von Deutschland, Osterreich und der Schweiz by Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thome, Vol. 3, 1888

Emile Bretschneider M. D. 1833-1901 - St Petersburg Nov 15 1883
Emile Vasilievic Bretschneider M.D. - Physician of the Mission Legation, Peking - St Petersburg Nov 15 1883. Emil Bretschneider (1833-1901) physician, botanist and sinologist

Victor Lemoine c. 1899
Victor Lemoine 1823 - 1911 c.1899. Portrait of Victor Lemoine Revue Horticole (1912). Victor Lemoine was a French hybridist plant breeder and nurseryman

Ernest Henry Wilson - Gardners Chronicle p.114 - Feb 25 1905 - Ernest Henry " Chinese" Wilson, better known as E. H

Maurice de Vilmorin
Portrait of Maurice de Vilmorin (1849-1918) French seed producer

Sir William Hooker (1785-1865). Botanist, illustrator and the first public Director of Kew Gardens 1841. He also held the post of Regius Professor of Botany in Glasgow in 1820

Miss Cotton posing on the leaf of giant waterlily Kew Gardens, 1923
" Miss Cotton" posing on the leaf of giant waterlily Victoria amazonica, Kew Gardens, Richmond, Surrey, 1923. It is likely that she was the daughter of Arthur Cotton

Kaspar Maria von Sternberg, 1832
Lithograph of Kaspar Maria von Sternberg (1761-1838) who was one of the first paleobotanists and one of the founders of the National Museum in Prague, where his collection now resides

Nymphaea Piyalarp
2008-933 PRWA, NYMPHACEAE. Nymphaea Piyalarp

Nymphaea Carlos Magdalena
2007-1802 KKNO - Nymphaea Carlos Magdalena, NYMPHAEACEAE

Nymphaea thermarum is the smallest waterlily in the world, and the only Nymphaea to grow in damp mud rather than water - This ├ä├ÂÔêÜ├æÔêÜÔëñthermal├ä├ÂÔêÜ├æÔêÜa waterlily

Acacia retinodes
1978-6209, FABACEAE, LEGUMINOSAE, MIMOSOIDEAE, Acacia retinodes, Australia

Commidendrum rugosum
1970-4387 KENR, COMPOSITAE, Commidendrum rugosum

Abutilon Boule De Neige
1997-6540, MALVACEAE, Abutilon Boule De Neige

Tibouchina Urvilleana
053-82-00274, MELASTOMATACEAE, Tibouchina Urvilleana, Brazil

Encephalartos woodii
1899-31101 DUBG, Encephalartos woodii, ZAMIACEAE - Natal

Sandunes
Sesriem to Sossusvlei, Namibia Seed Collecting Expedition 2007

Acacia erioloba
Sesriem to Sossusvlei, Namibia Seed Collecting Expedition 2007

Interior of the Herbarium, RBG Kew, showing wing C

Botanists camp on an expedition to Mozambique
RBG Kew botanists camp on an expedition to Mozambique, southern Africa

RBG Kew botanists expedition to Mozambique. Carrying kit to camp

RBG Kew expedition to the British Virgin Islands, 2000
A botanist taking notes on an RBG Kew expedition to the British Virgin Islands, 2000

Thymus vulgaris, 1792
Illustration of Thymus vulgaris, commonly known as thyme, from Icones Plantarum Medicinal by Joseph Jacob Plenck, 1932, volume 5, plate 489

Good King Henry
Chenopodium bonus Henricus, Good King Henry. REGNAULT Nicolas Francois (1746-c.1810) and Genevive de Nangis REGNAULT (b.1746)

Humulus lupulus, hop
Humulus lupulus. Hop, hops. Cannabaceae family. Illustration from Flora von Deutschland, Osterreich und der Schweiz by Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thome, Vol. 2, 1886. Tab.183 T.183

Spinacia oleracea, spinach
Spinacia oleracea. Spinach. Amaranthaceae family. Illustration from Flora von Deutschland, Osterreich und der Schweiz by Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thome, Vol. 2, 1886. Tab. 198 T.198

Germination and growth of seeds

Nicotiana tabacum (Tobacco), 1847
Illustration of Nicotiana tabacum, commonly known as tobacco. Illustration by J.J Grandville from Les Fleurs Animees, (The Flowers Personified), publ. Paris, 1847, volume 1, page 60-61

House of Walter Haydon, curator of the botanic station at Kotu in Gambia
House of Walter Haydon, appointed curator of the botanic station at Kotu in Gambia in 1894. The house was built for him on site so that he could always command a view of all the ground under

W. Botting Hemsley, 29 Dec 1843 - Oct 7 1924 - (1893) botanist

Nymphaea Piyatarp
2008-933, NYMPHAEACEAE, Nymphaea " Piyatarp"

Nymphaea carpentariae x violacea

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