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  • Great sea urchins of the North West Coast of America. Etching by B. L. Prevost.
  • Great sea urchins of the North West Coast of America. Etching after B. L. Prevost, ca. 1798.
  • Camassia leichtlinii (Baker)S.Watson Hyacinthaceae. Great Camas, Quamash. The species was named for Maximillian Leichtlin (1831-1910 of Baden , Germany, bulb enthusiast who corresponded with J.G. Baker at Kew. Bulbous herb. Distribution: North America. The bulbs of Camassia species were eaten by the Native Americans, the Nez Perce, after cooking by steaming for a day - which suggests they may be poisonous raw. They gave them to the American explorers, Meriwether Lewis and William Clerk, on their expedition (1804-1806) when they ran out of food. The bulbs of the similar looking 'Death camus', Toxicoscordion venenosum have been fatal when ingested by mistake (RBG Kew on-line). Steroidal saponins, which are precursors in the manufacture of steroids and cytotoxic activity has been detected in the sap of the bulbs. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Amuletic necklace, Bear claws and red trade beads.
  • Geography: a waterfall on the Mohawk river, North America. Coloured engraving, c.1740.
  • Lord North and the Earl of Mansfield stand on a platform addressing a group of distressed patriots beyond which ships of war sail and sink. Engraving, 1776.
  • Tradescantia 'Concorde Grape'
  • Chang and Eng, conjoined twins, seated. Photograph, c. 1860.
  • Chang and Eng the Siamese twins, as old men. Aquatint.
  • Chang and Eng, the Siamese twins, in evening dress. Colour wood engraving by H.S. Miller.
  • Chang and Eng the Siamese twins, one holding a book. Lithograph.
  • Chang and Eng the Siamese twins, aged eighteen, playing badminton. Lithograph.
  • Chang and Eng the Siamese twins, eating and drinking to excess. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1829.
  • Chang and Eng the Siamese twins. Coloured etching.
  • Chang and Eng the Siamese twins, in an oriental setting. Lithograph, 1830.
  • Chang and Eng the Siamese twins, aged eighteen, with badminton rackets. Coloured engraving by JLB, 1829.
  • Chang and Eng the Siamese twins, eating and drinking to excess. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1829.
  • Chang and Eng the Siamese twins, in a games room. Coloured engraving.
  • Chang and Eng the Siamese twins, eating and drinking to excess. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1829.
  • Chang and Eng, the Siamese twins. Wood engraving, 1829.
  • Chang and Eng the Siamese twins, aged 18, in an oriental landscape. Coloured aquatint.
  • Chang and Eng the Siamese twins, eating and drinking to excess. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1829.
  • Chang and Eng the Siamese twins, in an oriental setting. Lithograph, ca. 1830.
  • Geum rivale 'Leonards Variety'
  • Geum rivale 'Leonard's Variety'
  • Aldermen of the City of London Corporation represented as Chinese and as monsters in procession to Westminster to protest against the Treaty of Paris, 1763. Etching after J.H. O'Neale, 1763.
  • Centres of the slave trade in East Africa patrolled by the Royal Navy. Wood engraving, 1875.
  • Neottia ovata plus Cantharis rufipes beetle
  • Astronomy: a woman walking on a hillside near below Brightling Observatory, East Sussex. Engraving by W.B. Cooke, 1819, after J.M.W. Turner.
  • Sanguinaria canadensis (Bloodroot, Pucoon or Indian paint)