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  • Osmanthus delavayi Franch. Oleaceae Evergreen shrub. Distribution: China. Osmanthus is derived from the Greek for 'fragrant flower', delavayi from its discoverer, the French Missionary with the Missions Étrangères, and plant collector, Pierre Delavay (1834-1895). He sent 200,000 herbarium specimens containing 4000 species including 1,500 new species to Franchet at the Museum of Natural History in Paris. He sent seed of O. delavayi to France (1886), but only one germinated, and all the plants in cultivation until it was recollected 40 years later, arose from this plant (Bretschneider, 1896). The flowers are used to make a tea in China, but the berries (drupes) are not regarded as edible. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Darwin : big idea, big exhibition / Natural History Museum.
  • Darwin : big idea, big exhibition / Natural History Museum.
  • Parasitoid wasp Wallaceaphytis kikiae, LM.
  • The Museum of Practical Geology, Piccadilly: the interior. Wood engraving by C. D. Laing, 1848, after B. Sly.
  • The Zoological Museum ... : Mr. Seaman, (as manager for a society of gentlemen, to whom this collection belongs) begs to inform the ladies and gentlemen of this town, that he has just arrived with that extensive and valuable Museum, containing many thousands of natural curiosities ...
  • The Zoological Museum ... : Mr. Seaman, (as manager for a society of gentlemen, to whom this collection belongs) begs to inform the ladies and gentlemen of this town, that he has just arrived with that extensive and valuable Museum, containing many thousands of natural curiosities ...
  • Handbook of the Historical Medical Museum / organised by Henry S. Wellcome.
  • Handbook of the Historical Medical Museum / organised by Henry S. Wellcome.
  • Guide to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum : 54, Wigmore Street, London, W.
  • Handbook of the Historical Medical Museum / organised by Henry S. Wellcome.
  • Handbook of the Historical Medical Museum / organised by Henry S. Wellcome.
  • Handbook to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum : founded by Henry S. Wellcome / Wellcome Historical Medical Museum.
  • Handbook of the Historical Medical Museum / organised by Henry S. Wellcome.
  • Handbook to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum : founded by Henry S. Wellcome / Wellcome Historical Medical Museum.
  • Handbook to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum : founded by Henry S. Wellcome / Wellcome Historical Medical Museum.
  • Guy's Hospital 1724-1902 : a tribute to its founder and a record of its work.
  • Guy's Hospital 1724-1902 : a tribute to its founder and a record of its work.
  • Guy's Hospital 1724-1902 : a tribute to its founder and a record of its work.
  • The carnival of lost emotions / The Centre for the History of the Emotions.
  • Fossilized skeleton of a plesiosaurus triatarsostinus. Lithograph by H. O'Neill, 1834.
  • Charles Darwin, 1809-1882.
  • Darwin : ornithology.
  • Darwin : botany.
  • The British Museum: working-class people attending a guided tour and looking at exhibits of English history in glass cases and on the walls. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1843.
  • London Pavilion : Giant Constantin : manager, Mr. Frank Glenister.
  • London Pavilion : Giant Constantin : manager, Mr. Frank Glenister.
  • Mesmeric therapy. Oil painting by a French (?) painter, 1778/1784.
  • Mesmeric therapy. Oil painting by a French (?) painter, 1778/1784.
  • Mesmeric therapy. Oil painting by a French (?) painter, 1778/1784.