EditorialGreek thistle, Ptilostemon afer (Barbary or twin-thorned thistle, Cnicus afer). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after an illustration by John Curtis from Samuel Curtis's "Botanical Magazine," London, 1822.
EditorialSt. Benedict's thistle, Cnicus benedicta, native to the Mediterranean. Handcoloured copperplate botanical engraving from Johannes Zorn's "Afbeelding der Artseny-Gewassen," Jan Christiaan Sepp, Amsterdam, 1796. Zorn first published his illustrated medic...
EditorialSpiniest thistle, Cirsium spinosissimum (Feathery headed cnicus, Cnicus spinosissimus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis' The Botanical Magazine, London, 1811.
EditorialCnicus sativus, Illustration of a plant called 16th century Cnicus sativus, Fig. 148, p. 167v, 1561, Valerius Cordus, Konrad Gessner, Benedictus Aretius, Pedanius Dioscorides: In hoc volumine continentur Valerii Cordi Simesusii annotationes in Pedacii ...
EditorialCnicus Sativus, the flower of the Roman variety of chamomile, Roman chamomile in the integrity of flowers, Benedictine Herb, Roman Chamomile, Copperplate, S. 606, Besler, Basilius; Jungermann, Ludwig, 1713, Basilius Besler: Hortus Eystettensis (...). N...
EditorialCnicus, Carthamus, Crocus Saracenicus, Wilder Saffran, Fol. 453v, 1590, Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Joachim Camerarius: Kreuterbuch desz hochgelehrten unnd weitber?hmten Herrn D. Petri Andreae Matthioli. Franckfort am Mayn: [Feyrabendt], 1590.
EditorialSt. Benedict's thistle, Centaurea benedicta (Cnicus benedictus). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph Koehler's Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887.
EditorialGreek thistle, Ptilostemon afer (Barbary or twin-thorned thistle, Cnicus afer). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after an illustration by John Curtis from Samuel Curtis's "Botanical Magazine," London, 1822.
EditorialSt. Benedict's thistle, Cnicus benedicta, native to the Mediterranean. Handcoloured copperplate botanical engraving from Johannes Zorn's "Afbeelding der Artseny-Gewassen," Jan Christiaan Sepp, Amsterdam, 1796. Zorn first published his illustrated medic...