Stories
- Article
Plant portraits
The beautiful and mysterious illustrations in medieval herbals convey a wealth of knowledge about the plants they portray.
- Book extract
What the wind can bring
In this extract from ‘This Book is a Plant’, Amanda Thomson shares a newfound fascination with flowers, and reveals why our relationship with plants can also be complicated.
- Article
The healing power of the physic garden
Having experienced the healing power of plants and gardens, Iona Glen goes in search of present-day “physic gardens” and their origins in history.
- Book extract
Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life
The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
TS Extract from The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication
Date: 1950sReference: PENROSE/2/40/2/11Part of: L. S. Penrose Papers- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Collection of short alchemical works, extracts, notes, etc. in Latin. (Miscellanea Alchemica IV)
Date: Mid 15th centuryReference: MS.513- Ephemera
Le ricin / Compagnie Liebig.
Date: [1907]- Ephemera
- Online
Fleurs odorantes : cueillette des oeillets alpins / Compagnie Liebig.
Date: [1911]- Ephemera
Le camphrier / Compagnie Liebig.
Date: [1907]