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Limes

Images

  • Various leaf forms, leaf venation, bud arrangements and woody stems. Watercolour by I. Sawkins.
  • Citron (Citrus medica L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured aquatint by G. Geri, c.1825, after D. Serantoni.
  • Two examples of flowering plant stems: a clary (Salvia sclarea) and lime (Tilia species). Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.
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Catalogue

    • Pictures

    Montserrat lime juice: drunk as an alternative to alcohol by people of all classes and countries. Colour wood engraving with letterpress, ca. 1880 (?).

    | Date: 1880-1889 | Reference: 5118i
    • Ephemera

    West Indian Lime Juice : a delicious and refreshing beverage when mixed with plain or any of the aerated waters.

    | Date: [between 1900 and 1909?]
    • Books
    • Online

    Specification of Robert Veitch : powder for the cure of corns.

    Veitch, Robert. | Date: 1873
    • Ephemera

    Drug advertising ephemera. Box 37.

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    • Online

    Two examples of flowering plant stems: a clary (Salvia sclarea) and lime (Tilia species). Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.

    Edwards, Sydenham, 1768-1819. | Date: 30 April 1802 | Reference: 24240i
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