Asterid Collection (page 19)

Solanum lycopersicum, garden tomato
Drawing of the garden tomato from Herbal (1597) by John Gerard. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Aimophila aestivalis, Bachmans sparrow
Plate 165 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Helianthus californicus, sunflower
An illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Ilex aquifolium L. Houx commum, holly
An illustrative plate depicting holly tree foliage from the Natural History Museum Botany Library Plate Collection

Dendroica striata, blackpoll warbler
Plate 133 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Catharus fuscescens, veery
Plate 164 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Dedroica palmarum, palm warbler
Plate 145 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Pheucticus ludovicianus, rose-breasted grosbeak
Plate 127 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Vireo flavifrons, yellow-throated vireo
Plate 119 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Bellis perenis, daisy petal
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a daisy petal. Published in Close-Up (2004) by Chris Jones and Alex Ball (inside cover)

Celastrina argiolus, holly blue butterfly
The holly blue feeds on holly and ivy flowers and whilst its caterpillars feed on the berries of these plants

Composite Plant illustration
An illustration of a composite plant - an imaginary plant created to demonstrate various plant parts - by PJF Turpin in Oeuvres d Histoire Naturelle de Goethe, by CF Martin, 1837

Coffea canephora Pierrre ex Fr-hner with ripe berries growing in a shade coffee farm in El Salvador

Cattleya aurantiaca (orchid) growing in a shade coffee plantation in El Salvador

Coffea arabica (coffee plant)
A coffee (Coffea arabica) plant in a shade coffee plantation in El Salvador

Syringa pubescens turez. Dried specimen taken from the museum herbarium

Syringa vulgaris, lilac. Dried specimen taken from the museum herbarium

Rhododendrum, loders white. Dried specimen taken from the museum herbarium. Flowers mauve-pink in bud, opening to pure white. No 2044, 14.5.1981

Rhododendron, dawns delight. Dried specimen taken from the museums herbarium. Flowers red, bell-shaped. Collected by BM(NH) staff 14.5.1981. no 2009

Helianthus ovatus lehm. Dried specimen from the museum herbarium. Collected 5th September 1835

Hydrangea villosa hidcote. Dried specimen taken from the museums herbarium. Date 20.viii.1974. No 1081

Digitalis purpurea, common foxglove. Dried specimen from the museum herbarium. Presented by Colonel R Meinertzhagen, 1950

Hydrangea preziosa. Dried specimen from the museum herbarium. Date 20.viii.1974, No 1047. Cultivated plants from Hilliers Arboretum, England

Hydrangea macrophylla Tricolor, bigleaf hydrangea. Cultivated plants from Hilliers Arboretum, Ampfield, Hampshire, England. Collected by (BM)NH staff. Date 20.viii.1974 No. 1048

Epacris longiflora, fuschia heath
Outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage, 1768-1771. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Musschia auret dumort, Golden Musschia
A watercolour painting of the plant Musschia aurea dumort, from South Africa. Painted by Francis Masson

Clethra arborea soland, lily of the valley tree
A watercolour painting of the plant Clethra arborea Soland, from Madeira. Painted by Francis Masson

Vermivora ruficapilla, Nashville warbler
Plate 89 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Hylocichla mustelina, wood thrush
Plate 73 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Sialia sialis, eastern bluebird

Passerina caerulea, blue grosbeak
Plate 122 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Dendroica fusca, Blackburnian warbler
Plate 135 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Zenaida macroura, mourning dove
Plate 17 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Asteraceae, daisy
Scanning electron microscope image of the fractured surface of an anther showing a developing pollen grain from a member of the daisy or Asteraceae family ( X 3000)

Ammodramus henslowii, Henslows sparrow
Plate 70 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Lanius excubitor, great grey shrike
Plate 192 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Taraxacum officinale, dandelion
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a dandelion (x 80)

Melospiza lincolnii, Lincolns sparrow
Plate 193 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Contopus cooperi, olive-sided flycatcher
Plate 174 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Regulus cuvieri, Cuviers kinglet
Plate 55 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Decorative ceiling panels in the Natural History Museums Ce
Coffee, tobacco and cotton - three of the 162 plant designs which form the ceiling decoration of the Central Hall. The plants are of economic or medicinal importance

Contopus virens, eastern wood pewee
Plate 115 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Helianthus indicu, sunflower
An illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Caprimulgus carolinensis, chuck-wills widow
Plate 52 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Fraxinus excelsior, weeping ash pollen
Scanning electron microscope picture (x 1500) of ash pollen grains from above, with three furrowed apertures (trizonocolporate)

Regulus calendula, ruby-crowned kinglet
Plate 195 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Spizella pusilla, field sparrow
Plate 139 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Limnothlypis swainsoni, Swainsons warbler
Plate 198 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

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