Stories
- Article
Plant portraits
The beautiful and mysterious illustrations in medieval herbals convey a wealth of knowledge about the plants they portray.
- Article
Our endless quest for eternal youth
From poisonous 16th-century cosmetics to the latest “vampire facelift”, discover the fashions in unsavoury methods for improving our appearance.
- 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
Illuminated manuscripts, illuminating medicines
From rare bugs to exorbitantly priced plant parts, find out more about the artistic and medical uses of pigments from the past.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Poisonous plants
Date: c.1915Reference: MS.2901Part of: Holmes, Edward Morell (1843-1930), botanist and lecturer in materia medica- Books
Poisonous plants and fungi : in colour / Pamela M. North.
North, Pamela Mildred.Date: [1967]- Books
Poisonous plants of all countries / by A. Bernhard-Smith.
Bernhard-Smith, Arthur.Date: 1923- Books
Poisonous plants of the United States / by Walter Conrad Muenscher.
Muenscher, Walter Conrad Leopold, 1891-1963.Date: 1939- Books
Poisonous plants of western New South Wales / E.J. McBarron.
McBarron, E. J.Date: 1978