Sprig of coffee (Coffea arabica) showing flowers and beans, 1798. Ann Ronan Picture Library. --- Image by © Heritage Images/Corbis
Rubus. Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Pencil, watercolour and bodycolour on vellum. Dated 1744. 52 x 36.8cm.
Cistus. Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Pencil, watercolour and bodycolour on vellum. Dated 1747. 52.8 x 36.8cm.
The Blue Passion Flower. From 'New Illustrations of the Sexual System of Carolus Von Linnaeus, and the Temple of Flora, Or Garden of Nature', by Robert John Thornton (1768-1837). Engraved by Caldwell after Philip Reinagle (1749-1833). Coloured aquatint finished by hand. Published 1800.
1782 --- Tobacco Plant by Elizabeth Blackwell --- Image by © Stapleton Collection/Corbis
1782 --- Black Mulberry Tree by Elizabeth Blackwell --- Image by © Stapleton Collection/Corbis
1782 --- Pomegranate by Elizabeth Blackwell --- Image by © Stapleton Collection/Corbis
ca. 1845 --- Lithograph of Hedge Mustard and a Cucumber Plant by Matthias Trentsensky --- Image by © Stapleton Collection/Corbis
19th century --- Illustration from a Japanese book on irises, Iris Kaempferae --- Image by © Stapleton Collection/Corbis
19th century --- Illustration from a Japanese book on irises, Iris Kaempferae --- Image by © Stapleton Collection/Corbis
ca. 1780-1800 --- Arum Balearicum Botanical Print by Pierre-Joseph Buchoz --- Image by © Stapleton Collection/Corbis
ca. 1610 --- Herb Paris, Common Foxglove and Large Yellow Foxglove by Basil Besler --- Image by © Stapleton Collection/Corbis
ca. 1610 --- This illustration was published in the book Hortus Eystettensis ca. 1613. --- Image by © Stapleton Collection/Corbis
ca. 1817-1824 --- An illustration from Les Roses, an early 19th-century publication of rose prints by Pierre Joseph Redoute. --- Image by © Fine Art Photographic Library/Corbis
Basilius Besler, The Common Sunflower (Flos Solis Maior), hand-colored copper engraving, 1713, published by Eichstaett & Nuernberg, 15 x 18 cm. --- Image by © Corbis
1885 --- Book illustration for Animate Creation (1885). --- Image by © CORBIS
1737 --- An illustration from Phytanthoza Iconographia by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann, a multi-volume botanical folio published 1737-1745. --- Image by © Stapleton Collection/Corbis
1782 --- Nutmeg by Elizabeth Blackwell --- Image by © Stapleton Collection/Corbis
1782 --- Comfrey by Elizabeth Blackwell --- Image by © Stapleton Collection/Corbis
ca. 1845 --- Lithograph of Cannabis Sativa and Flax Plants by Matthias Trentsensky --- Image by © Stapleton Collection/Corbis
19th century --- Illustration from a Japanese book on irises, Iris Kaempferae --- Image by © Stapleton Collection/Corbis
19th century --- Illustration from a Japanese book on irises, Iris Kaempferae --- Image by © Stapleton Collection/Corbis
19th century --- Illustration from a Japanese book on irises, Iris Kaempferae --- Image by © Stapleton Collection/Corbis
ca. 1780-1800 --- Mimosa Sinensis Botanical Print by Pierre-Joseph Buchoz --- Image by © Stapleton Collection/Corbis
ca. 1610 --- Persian Lilac and Soldiers' Woundwart by Basil Besler --- Image by © Stapleton Collection/Corbis