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Asafoetida plant (Ferula assa-foetida): flowering stem, leaves, seeds and root. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1806, after J. Ihle.
Ihle, Johann-Eberhard, 1727-1814.Date: 11 January 1806Reference: 25493i- Pictures
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Sandalwood (Santalum album): flowering and fruiting stem. Chromolithograph by Leighton Brothers, c. 1887, after I. Sinclair.
Sinclair, Francis, Mrs.Date: [1887]Reference: 25343i- Pictures
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Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.): flowering stem with separate fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
Date: [1772]Reference: 16729i- Pictures
Sesamum (Sesamum indicum L.): flowering and fruiting stem with a skeleton mantis. Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1781.
Forbes, James, 1749-1819.Date: [1st June 1813]Reference: 20132i- Pictures
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Two plants, a fruiting branch of a maidenhair tree (Ginkgo biloba) and a liane stem. Watercolour.
Reference: 23407i- Digital Images
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Borago officinalis (Borage, Star flower)
Dr Henry Oakeley- Archives and manuscripts
Audrey Amiss sketchbook: flowers and plants, bottle of Dettol, Bramble spray, Pepys garden, Tomato and other places of interest (May-June 1997).
Date: 25/05/1997-29/06/1997Reference: PP/AMI/B/736Part of: Audrey Amiss Archive- Pictures
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False dittany (Ballota acetabulosa (L.) Benth.): flowering stem with separate floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.
Date: [1775]Reference: 17059i- Pictures
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False dittany (Ballota acetabulosa (L.) Benth.): flowering stem with separate floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.
Date: [1775]Reference: 17060i- Ephemera
Bought of J. Cope : wholesale & retail herbal medicine stores : 2, Cawdry Buildings, Cattle Market, Leek (Staffordshire) / John Cope.
Cope, John.Date: [1892?]- Digital Images
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Mentha x piperita nigra (Black peppermint)
Rowan McOnegal- Digital Images
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Xiehao, an edible wild plant, Chinese woodcut
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Mang niu'er miao, a wild plant, Chinese woodcut
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The family dictionary; or, Houshold companion : containing, in an alphabetical method, I. Directions for cookery, in dressing flesh, fowl, fish, herbs, roots, &c. Seasoning, making sauces, bills of fare, art of carving, &c. II. Making all sorts of pastry ware, and things made of meal, flower, whether bak'd, boyled, or fried, &c. III. Making of conserves, candies, preserves, confects, lozenges, gellies, creams, pickles, &c. IV. The making all kinds of potable liquors, as ales, meads, metheglin, English wines of cherries, currants, gooseberries, raspberries, &c. Cyder, cyder-royal, usquebaugh, cordial waters. V. The making of all sorts of rare perfumes, sweet balls, pouders, admirable washes, beatifying waters, oils, essences, pomatums. VI. The virtues and uses of the most usual herbs and plants, their roots, barks, leaves, flowers, fruits, seeds, used in physick. ... The second edition, corrected and much enlarged. By William Salmon, professor of physick.
Salmon, William, 1644-1713Date: 1696- Digital Images
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Calendula officinalis (Marigold)
Rowan McOnegal- Ephemera
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Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil! : what it has done : what it will do : [girl on steps in the snow] / [Foster, Milburn & Co.].
Foster, Milburn & Co.Date: [1900?]- Digital Images
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Nigella sativa L. Ranunculaceae Love-in-the-mist, Black Cumin, Nutmeg flower, Roman Coriander. Distribution: SW Asia. Culpeper (1650) writes: ‘Nigella seeds, boyled in oil, and the forehead anointed with it, ease pains in the head, take away leprosie, itch, scurf, and helps scald-heads, inwardly taken they expel worms, they provoke urine and the terms, help difficulty of breathing: the smoke of them (being burned) drives away serpents and venomous beasts.’ The seeds are used as a spice, but as might be expected as a member of the family Ranunculaceae, the buttercups, the plant contains a highly poisonous glycoside, in this case called melanthin. The amount of toxicity present in spices is clearly insufficient to cause problems when used as such. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley- Digital Images
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Nigella sativa L. Ranunculaceae Love-in-the-mist, Black Cumin, Nutmeg flower, Roman Coriander. Distribution: SW Asia. Culpeper (1650) writes: ‘Nigella seeds, boyled in oil, and the forehead anointed with it, ease pains in the head, take away leprosie, itch, scurf, and helps scald-heads, inwardly taken they expel worms, they provoke urine and the terms, help difficulty of breathing: the smoke of them (being burned) drives away serpents and venomous beasts.’ The seeds are used as a spice, but as might be expected as a member of the family Ranunculaceae, the buttercups, the plant contains a highly poisonous glycoside, in this case called melanthin. The amount of toxicity present in spices is clearly insufficient to cause problems when used as such. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley- Archives and manuscripts
Holmes, Edward Morell (1843-1930), botanist and lecturer in materia medica
Holmes, Edward Morell, 1843-1930.Date: 1876-1930Reference: MSS.2867-2932, 7961 & WMS/Amer.145-148- Books
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The family-Dictionary: or, houshold companion. Containing, in an alphabetical method, I. Directions for cookery, in Dressing Flesh, Fowl, Fish, Herbs, Roots, &c. Seasoning, making Sauces, Bills of Fare, Art of Carving, &c. II. Making all sorts of Pastry, and Things made of Meal, Flower, whether bak'd, boil'd, or fried, &c. III. Making of Conserves, Candies, Preserves, Confects, Lozenges, Jellies, Creams, Pickles, &c. IV. The Making all kinds of Potable Liquors, as Ales, Meads, Metheglin, English Wines of Cherries, Currans, Goosberries, Rasberries, &c. Cyder, Cyder-Royal, Usquebaugh. V. The Making of all sorts of Perfumes, Sweet Balls, Ponders, admirable Washes, Beautifying Waters, Essences, Pomatums. VI. The Virtues and Uses of the most usual Herbs and Plants, their Roots, Barks, Leaves, Flowers, Fruits, Seeds, used in Physick. Vii. The preparations of several choice medicines, Physical, and Chirurgical, as Cordial Waters, Spirits, Tinctures, Elixirs, Syrups, Pouders, Electuaries, Pills, Oils, Ointments; Cerecloths, and Emplasters. Fitted for a Family Use, in Curing most Diseases incident to Men, Women, and Children. By William Salmon, Professor of Physick.
Salmon, William, 1644-1713.Date: 1705- Ephemera
Food supplements ephemera. Box 13.
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Oenothera biennis (Evening primrose)
Sue Snell- Digital Images
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Carthamus tinctorius (Safflower)
Rowan McOnegal- Digital Images
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Brassica rapa (oilseed rape).
Rowan McOnegal- Digital Images
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Oenothera biennis (Evening primrose)
Rowan McOnegal