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Nigrum Collection

"Nigrum: Exploring the Dark Side of Nature's Palette" Step into the main borders at Harlow Carr and discover a world where darkness reigns

Background imageNigrum Collection: Black pepper leaves, peppercorn, seeds, Piper nigrum

Black pepper leaves, peppercorn, seeds, Piper nigrum
5856559 Black pepper leaves, peppercorn, seeds, Piper nigrum; (add.info.: Black pepper leaves, peppercorn, seeds, Piper nigrum. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by J)

Background imageNigrum Collection: Black nightshade, Solanum nigrum

Black nightshade, Solanum nigrum
5855870 Black nightshade, Solanum nigrum.; (add.info.: Black nightshade, Solanum nigrum. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora)

Background imageNigrum Collection: Black crowberry, Emetrum nigrum

Black crowberry, Emetrum nigrum
5855996 Black crowberry, Emetrum nigrum; (add.info.: Black crowberry, Emetrum nigrum. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora)

Background imageNigrum Collection: Black Pepper (Piper nigrum) native to Malabar Coast of India

Black Pepper (Piper nigrum) native to Malabar Coast of India. Berries of perennial climbing vine one of earliest known
531546 Black Pepper (Piper nigrum) native to Malabar Coast of India. Berries of perennial climbing vine one of earliest known spices. From John Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum, 1640

Background imageNigrum Collection: Blackcurrant, Ribes nigrum

Blackcurrant, Ribes nigrum
5856035 Blackcurrant, Ribes nigrum; (add.info.: Blackcurrant, Ribes nigrum. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm

Background imageNigrum Collection: Deadly nightshade and black nightshade

Deadly nightshade and black nightshade
Deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna, and black nightshade, Solanum nigrum (Solanum hortense). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Background imageNigrum Collection: Antique botany illustration: Black Spleenwort, Asplenium adiantum nigrum

Antique botany illustration: Black Spleenwort, Asplenium adiantum nigrum

Background imageNigrum Collection: Poisonous plants. As well as the poisonous Black or Common Nightshade (Solanum nigrum) top left

Poisonous plants. As well as the poisonous Black or Common Nightshade (Solanum nigrum) top left
541215 Poisonous plants. As well as the poisonous Black or Common Nightshade (Solanum nigrum) top left, and Woody Nightshade or Bittersweet (Solanum dulcarama) top right

Background imageNigrum Collection: Black pepper, Piper nigrum

Black pepper, Piper nigrum
5856759 Black pepper, Piper nigrum by Sowerby, James (1757-1822); (add.info.: Black pepper with red peppercorns, white flowers, and section of seed. Piper nigrum)

Background imageNigrum Collection: Blackcurrant tree, Ribes nigrum

Blackcurrant tree, Ribes nigrum
5856727 Blackcurrant tree, Ribes nigrum by Sowerby, James (1757-1822); (add.info.: Blackcurrant tree, Ribes nigrum. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby)

Background imageNigrum Collection: White flowered, black berry, garden nightshade, Solanum nigrum

White flowered, black berry, garden nightshade, Solanum nigrum
5856667 White flowered, black berry, garden nightshade, Solanum nigrum by Sowerby, James (1757-1822); (add.info.: White flowered, black berry, garden nightshade, Solanum nigrum. Poisonous plant)

Background imageNigrum Collection: DDE-90028528

DDE-90028528
Canada, Quebec, Douglas Harbor. Arctic tundra habitat. Mountain crowberries (Empetrum nigrum), caribou (Rangifer tarandus) hair. (Large format sizes available) Date: 17/02/2010

Background imageNigrum Collection: DDE-90028524

DDE-90028524
Canada, Quebec, Douglas Harbor. Arctic tundra habitat. Detail of mountain crowberries (Empetrum nigrum). (Large format sizes available) Date: 17/02/2010

Background imageNigrum Collection: Powdered quaker, red chestnut, brick moth, etc

Powdered quaker, red chestnut, brick moth, etc
Powdered quaker, Orthosia gracilis 2, red chestnut, Cerastis rubricosa 3, brick moth, Agrochola circellaris 4, 5, and archers dart, Agrotis vestigialis 6

Background imageNigrum Collection: Black V moth, Arctornis l-nigrum

Black V moth, Arctornis l-nigrum. Bombyx V nigrum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock from Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Background imageNigrum Collection: Dark mullein, Verbascum nigrum

Dark mullein, Verbascum nigrum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1792

Background imageNigrum Collection: Common or garden nightshade, Solanum nigrum

Common or garden nightshade, Solanum nigrum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1799

Background imageNigrum Collection: Blackcurrant, Ribes nigrum

Blackcurrant, Ribes nigrum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1804

Background imageNigrum Collection: Black pepper, Piper nigrum (Pepe)

Black pepper, Piper nigrum (Pepe). Handcoloured woodblock print by Wolfgang Meyerpick after an illustration by Giorgio Liberale from Pietro Andrea Mattiolis Discorsi di P.A

Background imageNigrum Collection: Green hellebore, Helleborus viridis, and false

Green hellebore, Helleborus viridis, and false helleborine, Veratrum album. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageNigrum Collection: Ragged Robin, Lychnis flos-cuculi, and black

Ragged Robin, Lychnis flos-cuculi, and black false hellebore, Veratrum nigrum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageNigrum Collection: Dark mullein, Verbascum nigrum, varieties

Dark mullein, Verbascum nigrum, varieties. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageNigrum Collection: Mullein, Verbascum album foemina, and dark

Mullein, Verbascum album foemina, and dark mullein, Verbascum nigrum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageNigrum Collection: Common hemp nettle, Galeopsis tetrahit

Common hemp nettle, Galeopsis tetrahit, and black horehound, Ballota nigra. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageNigrum Collection: Green spurge, Euphorbia esula, and petty spurge

Green spurge, Euphorbia esula, and petty spurge, Euphorbia peplus. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageNigrum Collection: Sea fans or Alcyonacea species

Sea fans or Alcyonacea species
Coral sea fan, Alcyonacea species, Corallium acarbarium nigrum ramosum 1, sea fan, Keratophyton crusta muricata 2, soft coral covered in stony coral 3

Background imageNigrum Collection: Coral sea fans or Alcyonacea species

Coral sea fans or Alcyonacea species
Coral sea fan, Alcyonacea species, Isidis palma 1, Erica marina 2, and sea fan, Alcyonacea species, Keratophyton spinosum nigrum 3

Background imageNigrum Collection: Currants and berries, fruits en baies

Currants and berries, fruits en baies. Gooseberry, Ribes uva-crispa 1, 4, 5, white currant 2, redcurrant, Ribes rubrum 3, 6, and blackcurrant, Ribes nigrum 7

Background imageNigrum Collection: Vegetable and salad leaves, herbes potageres et pour salades

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

Background imageNigrum Collection: Black garlic, Allium nigrum

Black garlic, Allium nigrum. Handcoloured lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendals German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), Jena, 1871

Background imageNigrum Collection: Black crowberry or crake-berry, Empetrum nigrum

Black crowberry or crake-berry, Empetrum nigrum. Pistilliferous and staminiferous plants. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes

Background imageNigrum Collection: Black-flowered cynanchum, Cynanchum nigrum

Black-flowered cynanchum, Cynanchum nigrum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by John Curtis from William Curtis Botanical Magazine, Samuel Curtis, London

Background imageNigrum Collection: Black pepper and ginger

Black pepper and ginger
Black pepper, Piper nigrum, and ginger, Zingiber officinale. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1792

Background imageNigrum Collection: Black pepper or murich, Piper nigrum

Black pepper or murich, Piper nigrum. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Background imageNigrum Collection: Black pepper, Piper nigrum

Black pepper, Piper nigrum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse, (Handbook of all medical-pharmaceutical plants)

Background imageNigrum Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 602

Curtis British Entomology Plate 602
Coleoptera: Elodes pini = Hydrocyphon deflexicollis [Plant: Verbascum nigrum (Dark Mullein)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageNigrum Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 571

Curtis British Entomology Plate 571
Lepidoptera: Paedisca semifasciana = Apotomis semifasciana (Short-barred Grey Marble) [Plant: Ribes nigrum (Black Currants)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageNigrum Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 526

Curtis British Entomology Plate 526
Coleoptera: Anisoplia suturalis = Phyllopertha horticola (Sutherland Bracken-clock) [Plant: Empetrum nigrum (Crow- or Crake-berry)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageNigrum Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 403

Curtis British Entomology Plate 403
Hymenoptera: Helorus anomalipes (Red-legged Helorus) [Plant: Solanum nigrum (Common Nightshade)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageNigrum Collection: Asplenium adiantum nigrum British Anna Atkins

Asplenium adiantum nigrum British Anna Atkins
Asplenium adiantum nigrum, British; Anna Atkins (British, 1799 - 1871); England; 1853; Cyanotype; 25.4 × 19.4 cm (10 × 7 5, 8 in.)

Background imageNigrum Collection: Black Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum) covered by drift sand, Schoorlse Duinen, Noord-Holland

Black Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum) covered by drift sand, Schoorlse Duinen, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

Background imageNigrum Collection: Illustration, Agrotidae -- Hadenidae

Illustration, Agrotidae -- Hadenidae -- Agrotis Festiva, Agrotis C Nigrum, Agrotis Sigma, Agrotis Plecta, Agrotis Putris, Agrotis Praecox, Agrotis Segetum, Mamestra Persicariae, Mamestra Brassicae

Background imageNigrum Collection: Champion blackcurrant, Ribes nigrum

Champion blackcurrant, Ribes nigrum.. Drawn by Macfarlane, chromolithographed by Stroobant, Ghent, from The Florist and Pomologist Robert Hogg, London, published from 1878 to 1884

Background imageNigrum Collection: Black hellebore, medicinal and poisonous plant

Black hellebore, medicinal and poisonous plant native to Asia and Europe, Veratrum nigrum.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by French botanist Jean Baptiste Francois Pierre Bulliard from Herbier

Background imageNigrum Collection: Daphne mezereum

Daphne mezereum, commonly known as February daphne, mezereon, mezereum, spurge laurel or spurge olive

Background imageNigrum Collection: Black pepper (Piper nigrum)

Black pepper (Piper nigrum)
Antique illustration of a Black pepper (Piper nigrum)

Background imageNigrum Collection: Picture No. 11073862

Picture No. 11073862
Black Garlic / Broadleaf Garlic Chios, Greece

Background imageNigrum Collection: Black nightshade plant, Solanum nigrum, a annual weed of arable crops and gardens

Black nightshade plant, Solanum nigrum, a annual weed of arable crops and gardens



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"Nigrum: Exploring the Dark Side of Nature's Palette" Step into the main borders at Harlow Carr and discover a world where darkness reigns. Amongst the vibrant blooms, deadly nightshade and black nightshade lurk, reminding us of nature's hidden dangers. An antique botany illustration captures our attention with its depiction of Black Spleenwort, Asplenium adiantum nigrum. A plant both beautiful and mysterious, it serves as a reminder that even in elegance lies potential peril. Poisonous plants abound in this realm. From the infamous Deadly Nightshade (Atropa belladonna) to the treacherous Woody Nightshade or Bittersweet (Solanum dulcarama), caution is paramount. The top left corner showcases the poisonous Black or Common Nightshade (Solanum nigrum), while top right reveals the more menacing Atropa belladonna. Yet not all things dark are dangerous. Take black pepper, Piper nigrum, for example - a spice that adds depth to our culinary adventures. And let us not forget about the humble blackcurrant tree, Ribes nigrum, which gifts us with its delicious berries. Intriguingly contradictory is the white-flowered garden nightshade Solanum nigrum; its delicate blossoms belying its ominous name and black berries. It reminds us that appearances can be deceiving in nature's intricate tapestry. Delve deeper into this enigmatic world through DDE-90028528 and DDE-90028524 – codes hinting at secrets waiting to be unraveled. Powdered quaker, red chestnut, brick moth. . These names evoke an air of mystery surrounding creatures we have yet to encounter. The Black V moth Arctornis l-nigrum flutters by gracefully amidst shadows cast by Dark mullein Verbascum nigrum – their presence adding an ethereal touch to this captivating realm.