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  • Six flowering plants, two possibly marigolds. Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • Marigold pollen
  • Calendula officinalis (Marigold)
  • Calendula officinalis (Marigold)
  • Calendula officinalis (Marigold)
  • Calendula officinalis (Marigold), flower harvesting
  • A marigold (Tagetes species): flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • Marsh marigold or kingcups (Caltha palustris): flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • A marigold (Tagetes species): flowers and leaf. Chromolithograph, c. 1879, after F. Hulme.
  • Three ornamental yellow flowers, including a French marigold (Tagetes patula). Coloured lithograph, c. 1843.
  • A corn marigold (Chrysanthemum segetum) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • An African marigold (Tagetes erecta) and morning glory (Ipomoea purpurea): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after Guenébeaud.
  • A horse surrounded by three roses, a marigold, a daffodil and a butterfly. Engraving by P. Williamson, 1663, after W. Hollar.
  • Calendula officinalis L. Asteraceae. Pot marigold, common marigold, ruds or ruddles. Calendula, because it was said to flower most commonly at the first of each month - the 'calends' (Coles, 1657). officinalis indicates that it was used in the 'offices' - the clinics - of the monks in medieval times. Annual herb. Distribution: Southern Europe. The Doctrine of Signatures, indicated that as the flowers resembled the pupil of the eye (along with Arnica, Inula and the ox-eye daisy), it was good for eye disorders (Porta, 1588). Coles (1658) writes '... the distilled water ... helpeth red and watery eyes, being washed therewith, which it does by Signature, as Crollius saith'. Culpeper writes: [recommending the leaves] '... loosen the belly, the juice held in the mouth helps the toothache and takes away any inflammation, or hot swelling being bathed with it mixed with a little vinegar.' The petals are used as a saffron substitute - ‘formerly much employed as a carminative
  • Helianthus annuus Greene Asteraceae. Sunflower, Marigold of Peru, Floure of the Sun. Distribution: Peru and Mexico. It was much recommended by Gerard (1633) who advises that the buds, covered in flour, boiled, and eaten with 'butter, vinegar and pepper, far surpass artichokes in procuring bodily lust’. Sadly, today only the seeds of sunflower are consumed, as the source of sunflower seed oil used in cooking. It contains mono and polyunsaturated fats, linoleic acid and oleic acid, and is low in saturated fats. As such it was thought to lower cholesterol and so the risk of heart disease, but it may increase the risk of breast and prostatic cancer. However a recent report BMJ2013
  • A large paeony (Paeonia species) surrounded by various flowers and moths. Etching by W. Hollar, 1663, after himself.
  • A leopard facing left surrounded by various named flowers and insects. Etching by W. Hollar, 1662, after himself.
  • Tagetes erecta 'Simba'
  • Helianthus annuus L. Asteraceae Sun flower Distribution: Peru to Mexico. The seeds are a source of linoleic acid, a polyunsaturated fat which as part of one's diet is given to reduce coronary artery and cerebrovascular disease, but recently a study has found an increased death rate (BMJ2013
  • A woman (Yang She), facing front, with a massive pendent tumour hanging down from her neck. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, 1837.