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Pelargonium tricuspidatum L'Her. Geraniaceae Distribution: South Africa. Mainly used to produce aromatic oils. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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Geranium maderense Yeo Geraniaceae Tender evergreen biennial. Madeira cranesbill. Distribution: Madeira. Solely grown for its spectacular flowers. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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Geranium maderense Yeo Geraniaceae Tender evergreen biennial. Madeira cranesbill. Distribution: Madeira. Solely grown for its spectacular flowers. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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Geranium sanguineum L. Geraniaceae Dusky cranesbill. Herbaceous perennial. Distribution: Europe and temperate Asia. County flower of Northumberland. This seems to be the 'Sanguin geranium or Blood Roote', Geranium haematodes/haematites, of Lyte (1578). He writes that it is 'not used in Medicyne.' Parkinson (1640) classifies cranesbills somewhat differently, but says that 'all are found to be effectual both in inward and outward wounds, to stay bleedings, vomitings and fluxes, eyther the decoction of the herbe or the powder of the leaves and roots used as the cause demands. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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Geranium phaeum L. Geraniaceae Dusky cranesbill. Herbaceous perennial. Distribution: Europe. This seems to be the 'Dove's foote', Geranium alterum, of Lyte (1578). He says it is 'not good in Medicyne. Notwithstanding at this time, it is much used against all woundes, and ulcers being laid therunto.'. Parkinson (1640) classifies cranesbills somewhat differently, but says that 'all are found to be effectual both in inward and outward wounds, to stay bleedings, vomitings and fluxes, eyther the decoction of the herbe or the powder of the leaves and roots used as the cause demands.' No current medicinal use. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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An ornamental geranium (Geranium species): flowering stem. Watercolour.
Reference: 21894i- Pictures
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A plant (Monsonia speciosa): flowering stem and leaf Coloured engraving, c. 1789.
Date: 1 February 1789Reference: 25812i- Pictures
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A geranium (Geranium purpureum): flowering stem. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).
Reference: 22157i- Pictures
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An ornamental geranium (Geranium species): flowering stem. Watercolour.
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Dysentery and its treatment : with an account of six years' experience in the Transvaal and Matabeleland in the use of some varieties of monsonia as the curative agent / by John Maberly.
Maberly, John.Date: 1897- Pictures
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Four flowering plants, one possibly a pink (Dianthus species) and one a Geranium species. Watercolour, c. 1870.
Date: 1870Reference: 28585i- Pictures
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A cranesbill (Geranium species): flowering stem. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.
Edwards, Sydenham, 1768-1819.Date: 1 January 1802Reference: 25817i- Pictures
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A pelargonium (Pelargonium glaucum): flowering stem. Coloured engraving, c. 1806, after H. Andrews.
Andrews, Henry Charles, active 1799-1828.Date: 1806Reference: 25594i- Pictures
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A double-flowered geranium (Geranium species) Chromolithograph, c. 1870, after H. Briscoe.
Briscoe, H.Date: [1870]Reference: 26143i- Pictures
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Two cranesbill plants (Geranium molle and Geranium columbinum) and a storksbill plant (Erodium cicutarium). Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
Naudin, Philibert, active 1870.Date: [1865]Reference: 24679i- Books
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Thèse pour le doctorat en médecine : présentée et soutenue le 4 août 1842, / par Jules Massé ... De l'ablation par ligature. ... [etc].
Massé, Jules.Date: 1842- Pictures
A flowering pelargonium plant (Pelargonium Lòrd Derby'). Coloured zincograph by J. Andrews.
Andrews, James, active 1830-1861.Reference: 28036i- Pictures
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Long-stalked cranesbill (Geranium columbinum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.
Sowerby, James, 1757-1822.Date: 1 July 1795Reference: 25204i- Pictures
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A flowering pelargonium plant (Pelargonium T̀he Baron'). Coloured zincograph by J. Andrews.
Andrews, James, active 1830-1861.Reference: 28032i- Pictures
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Flowers, fruit and leaves of five plants, including Calotropis, Viscum and Zella species. Coloured lithograph, c. 1820, after G. Belzoni.
Belzoni, Giovanni Battista, 1778-1823.Date: 1820Reference: 21031i- Pictures
A flowering pelargonium plant (Pelargonium Èugene'). Coloured zincograph by J. Andrews.
Andrews, James, active 1830-1861.Reference: 28033i- Pictures
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Cut-leaved cranesbill (Geranium dissectum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1800.
Sowerby, James, 1757-1822.Date: 1 July 1800Reference: 25203i- Pictures
A flowering pelargonium plant (Pelargonium C̀hrystabell'). Coloured zincograph by J. Andrews.
Andrews, James, active 1830-1861.Reference: 28035i- Pictures
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Three flowers from different varieties of pelargonium (Pelargonium species). Coloured engraving by D. Hayes, 1842, after A. Penley.
Penley, Aaron Edwin, 1807-1870.Date: [1833-59]Reference: 26190i- Pictures
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Flowers of six different varieties of pelargonium. Coloured engraving by J. & J. Parkin, c. 1835.
Date: [1833-59]Reference: 26174i