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Common broom (Cytisus scoparius): flowering stem. Watercolour.
Reference: 21074i- Digital Images
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Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link Fabaceae. Common broom, Genista. Distribution: Western and central Europe. Culpeper (1650) writes: 'Genista. Broom: … clense and open the stomach, break the stone in the reins [kidneys] and bladder, help the green sickness [anaemia]. Let such as are troubled with heart qualms or faintings, forbear it, for it weakens the heart and spirit vital' and in respect of the flowers he writes: 'Broome-flowers, purge water, and are good in dropsies [now regarded as heart failure with fluid retention].' Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley- Books
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The constitution of cytisine, the alkaloid of Cytisus laburnum. Pt. 1. The synthesis of [alpha]-cytisolidine and of [beta]-cytisolidine / by Arthur James Ewins.
Ewins, Arthur James.Date: 1913- Books
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The physiological action of cytisine, the active alkaloid of laburnum (cytisus-laburnum) / by H.H. Dale and P.P. Laidlaw.
Dale, Henry Hallett, 1875-1968.Date: 1912- Books
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The constitution of cytisine, the alkaloid of cytisus laburnum. Pt. 1, The synthesis of alpha-cytisolidine and of beta-cytisolidine / by Arthur James Ewins.
Ewins, Arthur James.Date: [1912?]- Pictures
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Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
Date: 1837Reference: 27378i- Books
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A sovereign remedy for the dropsy. Published by desire, for public benefit.
Date: 1783- Books
The country gentleman's companion. Or, Ancient husbandry restored; and modern husbandry improved. Shewing: I. The most expeditious manner of raising and propagating foreign sallads and other kitchen plants. II. The method of burning clay. III. The great improvement of land by grass seeds. IV. The excellency of the medicago, or cythisus maranthae of the ancients / [Stephen Switzer].
Switzer, Stephen, 1682?-1745.Date: 1732- Books
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On the action of nitric acid on various vegetables : with a more particular examination of Spartium scoparium, Linn., or common broom / by John Stenhouse.
Stenhouse, John, 1809-1880.Date: 1851- Pictures
Broom (Genista sibirica): flowering stem with pod and seed. Coloured engraving, c. 1792, after F. J. Schultz.
Schultz, Franz Johann.Date: [1792-1804]Reference: 20787i- Pictures
Broom (Genista sagittalis): flowering stem with pod and seed. Coloured engraving, c. 1792, after F. J. Schultz.
Schultz, Franz Johann.Date: [1792-1804]Reference: 20788i- Pictures
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Two plants, Spanish broom (Spartium junceum) and gorse (Ulex europaeus): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
Naudin, Philibert, active 1870.Date: [1865]Reference: 24678i- Books
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A dissertation on the true Cythisus of the ancients. Proving that the Medicago, or Cythisus Maranthoe, (not the Bastard Sena, as asserted by a late Author) Is the Plant that was held in so great Esteem among the Romans. Also that it may be successfully made Use of for the Improvement of the most dry, barren, hilly Land, as Lucerne has been for that which is moister and nearer a Level; and in every respect answer the Excellent Character given of it by Columella, Pliny, Virgil, &c. In a Letter to a Nobleman, who favour'd this Enquiry. To which is added, An Account of the Great Profits which arise (if carefully managed) from sowing the Lucerne, and Burning of Clay, the bad Success of which in some few Places, may be entirely attributed to the Unskillfulness of those appointed to manage it. Also a Catalogue of the Best Seeds, the Season of sowing them, and the Time of their Persection. By Stephen Switzer.
Switzer, Stephen, 1682-1745.Date: [1735]- Pictures
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Seven plants, including three orchids and a broom: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.
Date: 1836Reference: 27796i- Pictures
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A leopard facing left surrounded by various named flowers and insects. Etching by W. Hollar, 1662, after himself.
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677.Date: [1674]Reference: 24374i