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  • Rudbeckia triloba L. Asteraceae Orange Cone flower. Herbaceous perennial. Distribution: North America. It is named for Olof Rudbeck, father (1630–1702) and son (1660–1740). Olof Rudbeck the Elder was professor of medicine at Uppsala University, and established a botanic garden there. He was the discoverer of the human lymphatic system. His son succeeded his father as professor of medicine, and one of his students was Carl Linnaeus (1707–88) who named the genus Rudbeckia after him and his father. It is a plant which is poisonous to cattle, sheep and pigs with no medicinal uses. Austin (1974) discusses R. hirta, also regarded as a toxic plant. It was used externally by the Cherokee to bathe sores and snakebites and made into a tea for treating diarrhoea. The Seminoles used it for headaches and fever and the Miccosukee for sunstroke and headache. The Cherokee and the Iroquois used it to treat intestinal worms Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Curtis's botanical magazine.
  • Curtis's botanical magazine.
  • Curtis's botanical magazine.
  • Curtis's botanical magazine.
  • Zantedeschia aethiopica (L)Spreng. Calla lily, Arum lily. Half hardy annual. Distribution: South Africa. The genus name commemorates Giovanni Zantedeschi (1773-1846) an Italian physician and botanist. Born in Molina he studied medicine in Verona and Padua. He corresponded with the German botanist, Kurt Sprengel, who named the genus Zantedeschia in his honour in 1826, separating it from Calla, where, as C. aethiopica, it had been previously described by Linnaeus. He had broad interests, including the effect of different parts of the spectrum of light on plant growth, reporting in 1843, that red, orange and yellow light are heliotropically inactive. The botanic museum in Molina is dedicated to his memory. Aethiopica, merely means 'African'. The leaves are used as a warm poultice for headaches in ‘muthi’ medicine. It has become an invasive weed in parts of Australia. It was introduced, as a greenhouse plant, to Europe in the mid-17th century, where the long lasting flowers are popular in flower arranging and for weddings and funerals – a curious combination (Oakeley, 2012). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • A yellow iris (Iris variegata): flower and leaf. Coloured engraving by J. Sowerby, c. 1787, after himself.
  • A houseleek (Sempervivum arachnoideum): flowering plant. Coloured engraving, c. 1788.
  • A plant (Mesembryanthemum barbatum): flowering stem. Coloured engraving, c. 1789.
  • Statice (Limonium sinuatum): flowering stem and leaf. Coloured engraving, c. 1789.
  • A plant (Monsonia speciosa): flowering stem and leaf Coloured engraving, c. 1789.
  • Index plantarum, quae in horto academico Lugduno Batavo reperiuntur / Conscriptus ab Hermanno Boerhaave.
  • Jardin Royal, Paris: showing figures strolling in the garden. Line engraving by J.B. Scotin the younger.
  • An Oxford University proctor wearing a wig and carrying a cane looks through a quizzing glass at a flowerpot shown to him by a gardener. Pen and ink drawing by or after G.M. Woodward.
  • Jardin des Plantes, Perpignan: bird's eye view. Line engraving by F.D. Née, 1786, after L.N. de Lespinasse after Margoüet.
  • Suggested fountain and pergola in centre of main walk.
  • Suggested arrangement of pergola.
  • Suggested curbing, pedestals, pots & steps across top of main walk.
  • Design for the laying out of the grounds of the Royal Botanic Society.
  • A gnu and two goats in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris. Lithograph by the brothers Lambert after Huet fils.
  • Three fairies in a garden looking at the plants; representing botany. Stipple engraving by J. Chapman after R. Corbould.
  • The Royal Botanic Society. Block plan of proposed extension of large conservatory.
  • The Royal Botanic Society. Sketch of proposed additions to large conservatory.
  • The Royal Botanic Society. Sketch of proposed additions to large conservatory.
  • The Physic Garden, Chelsea: a plan view. Engraving by John Haynes, 1751.
  • In a garden, men with wens look through magnifying glasses at round flowers. Coloured lithograph by Langlumé after E.J. Pigal, 1823.
  • Jardin des Plantes, Paris: figures strolling the grounds alongside the glasshouses. Coloured lithograph by J. Jacottet.
  • Psorsalea palaestina: flowering and fruiting stem with separate leaf, fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.
  • A plant (Acalypha villosa Jacq.) related to Indian nettle: separate flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Lessertia perennans DC.: flowering and fruiting stem with separate fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.