Plant part used for flavoring, food, medicine, or perfume

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Ortus sanitatis.

A mallow plant (Abutilon sp.): flowering and fruiting plant with separate fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

A family herbal: or, Familiar account of the medical properties of British and foreign plants, also their uses in dying, and the various arts, arranged according to the Linnaean system / [Robert John Thornton].

[Leaflet advertising Neal's Yard natural remedies, cosmetics, herbal tinctures and medicinal herbs & powders].

Germander (Teucrium massiliense L.): flowering stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

A plant (Borago sp.) related to borage: flowering and fruiting stem with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Toadflax (Linaria arvensis): flowering stem with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.

Yours for purity : Slade's spices / D. & L. Slade Co.

Thomas Dowland, botanist and student in astrology. Oil painting by J. Bowring.

Moschatel or townhall clock (Adoxa moschatellina L.): entire flowering plant with floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Nettle (Urtica nivea L.): flowering stem with separate flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

Der Thüringer Kräutergarten : von Heilkräutern, Hexen und Buckelapothekern / Otto Ludwig ; durchgesehen und überarbeitet von Michael Gutheil und Eberhard Mey.

Pharmacographia : A history of the principal drugs of vegetable origin, met with in Great Britain and British India / by Friedrich A. Flückiger and Daniel Hanbury.

Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Traité des simples / Ibn Al Baytar ; traduction de Lucien Leclerc.

Bhāvaprakāśaḥ / Śrīmallaṭakatanaya-ŚrīBhāvamiśraviracitaḥ ; Hindī 'Sarvāṅgasundarī' vyākhyā sahitaḥ.

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Herbs

Images from the collections

Images about Herbs

Works from the collections

Der Thüringer Kräutergarten : von Heilkräutern, Hexen und Buckelapothekern / Otto Ludwig ; durchgesehen und überarbeitet von Michael Gutheil und Eberhard Mey.

Pharmacographia : A history of the principal drugs of vegetable origin, met with in Great Britain and British India / by Friedrich A. Flückiger and Daniel Hanbury.

Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Traité des simples / Ibn Al Baytar ; traduction de Lucien Leclerc.

Bhāvaprakāśaḥ / Śrīmallaṭakatanaya-ŚrīBhāvamiśraviracitaḥ ; Hindī 'Sarvāṅgasundarī' vyākhyā sahitaḥ.

Herbs

Images from the collections

Images about Herbs

Works from the collections

Der Thüringer Kräutergarten : von Heilkräutern, Hexen und Buckelapothekern / Otto Ludwig ; durchgesehen und überarbeitet von Michael Gutheil und Eberhard Mey.

Pharmacographia : A history of the principal drugs of vegetable origin, met with in Great Britain and British India / by Friedrich A. Flückiger and Daniel Hanbury.

Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Traité des simples / Ibn Al Baytar ; traduction de Lucien Leclerc.

Bhāvaprakāśaḥ / Śrīmallaṭakatanaya-ŚrīBhāvamiśraviracitaḥ ; Hindī 'Sarvāṅgasundarī' vyākhyā sahitaḥ.

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