EditorialTree of heaven, ailanthus or chouchun, Ailanthus altissima (Aylanthus glandulosa). Handcoloured stipple engraving by Moret after an illustration by Pierre-Joseph Redoute from Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau's Traite des Arbres et Arbustes, Paris, 1804-1...
EditorialRound-leaf fountain palm, Saribus rotundifolius (Livistona altissima). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1867...
EditorialEfedra or mahuang, Ephedra distachya (Ephedra vulgaris) and Ephedra altissima. Herbal medicine ephedrine used in Chinese medicine and ayurveda. Handcoloured lithograph by Raimondo Petraroja after an illustration by Giorgio Amato from Tenore and Pasqual...
EditorialChard leaves, Beta cicla 152, beet root, Beta vulgaris altissima, 153, and red beet root, Beta vulgaris rubra, 154. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's "Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte" (Encyclopedi...