FLO4647737: Variete of camellia Olivetana (Camellia japonica, Thea japonica), with pink flowers slightly veins of white. Lithograph of L. Stroobant de Ghent, based on a drawing by P. Stroobant, published around 1880 in L'Illustration Horticole by Jean Jules Linden (1817-1898), Belgian botanist and explorer. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4648050: Crew Columbia STS - 107 - 12/2002 - STS - 107 crew 12/2002 - 19/12/2002 Front row (de g.a d.) Ilan Ramon, William Willie McCool and David Brown. Derriere, Michael Anderson, Kalpana Chawla, Rick Husband and Laurel Clark. The STS - 107 crew poses in front of the entry into Space Shuttle Columbia during Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities on the pad. Kneeling in front are (left to right) Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon (the first Israeli astronaut), Pilot William “” Willie”” McCool and Mission Specialist David Brown. Standing in back are (left to right) Payload Commander Michael Anderson, Mission Specialist Kalpana Chawla, Commander Rick Husband and Mission Specialist Laurel Clark. The TCDT also includes a simulated launch countdown. STS-107 is a mission devoted to research and will include more than 80 experiments that will study Earth and space science, advanced technology development, and astronaut health and safety. Launch is planned for Jan. 16, 2003, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. EST aboard Columbia / Bridgeman Images

FLO4648518: Aoi or hollyhock, Alcea rosea. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yamada, 1901. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4645910: Monsieur la Faille, French gentleman at the court of King Henry VIII. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francis Bartolozzi after Hans Holbein from Facsimiles of Original Drawings by Hans Holbein, Hamilton, Adams, London, 1884. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4645971: Mary, Lady of Richmond, daughter of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. Later Mary FitzRoy, Duchess of Richmond and Somerset, wife of Henry VIII's illegitimate son Henry Fitzroy. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francis Bartolozzi after Hans Holbein from Facsimiles of Original Drawings by Hans Holbein, Hamilton, Adams, London, 1884. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4646144: Sea cucumbers: Trochodota purpurea 1,2, Cladodactyla crocea 3, Stichopus chloronotus 4, Anaperus peruvianus 5, and Holothuria (Metriatyla) lessoni 6. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmann's Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1849. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4646028: Sir Nicholas Poins or Poyntz (1510-1556), English broker during King Henry VII's reign. He was the eldest son of Sir Anthony Poyntz and his first wife Elizabeth Huddefield. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francis Bartolozzi after Hans Holbein from Facsimiles of Original Drawings by Hans Holbein, Hamilton, Adams, London, 1884. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4646650: Mushrooms: varieties of milk precoces (edible) - Japanese print by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842), from Honzo Zufu, illustrative guide to medicinal plants, 1916 - Hatsudake and sahatsudake mushrooms, Lactarius hatsudake Tanaka - Colour printed woodblock engraving by Kan'en Iwasaki, from “” Honzo Zufu”, 1916 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4646334: Plum or plune, Prunus domestica, with ripe fruit, branch and leaves. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmann's Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1849. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4646436: Thornback ray - Raja clavata (near threatened). Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmann's Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1857. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4646263: Narrow-striped mongoose, Mungotictis decemlineata (vulnerable) 2, and pen-tailed treeshrew, Ptilocercus lowii 1. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmann's Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1849. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4646586: Scarlet Provence pink, rose of Provins, Rosa gallica. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of an illustration by Miss Prudhomme from “” Hommage rendu a la Rose,”” Paris, circa 1815. A gift book with the history of the rose and a dozen botanical miniatures. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4646423: Native American hunter with rifle watching beavers, Castor canadensis, build a dam. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmann's Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1857. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4646577: White musk pink, pink musk, Rosa moschata. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of an illustration by Miss Prudhomme from “” Hommage rendu a la Rose,”” Paris, circa 1815. A gift book with the history of the rose and a dozen botanical miniatures. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4646580: R. Crippen in Columbia 04/1981 - Robert Crippen, prepares a meal in the Columbia Shuttle STS - 1. 04 - 1981 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4646611: Rose of Bengal, Rosa indica. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of an illustration by Miss Prudhomme from “” Hommage rendu a la Rose,”” Paris, circa 1815. A gift book with the history of the rose and a dozen botanical miniatures. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4646625: White rose, white rose, Rosa alba. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of an illustration by Miss Prudhomme from “” Hommage rendu a la Rose,”” Paris, circa 1815. A gift book with the history of the rose and a dozen botanical miniatures. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4646654: STS-1: Return of astronauts - 04/1981 - STS - 1: The comeback of J. Young and R. Crippen 04/1981 - Pilot Robert Crippen leaves space shuttle Columbia. John Young, released earlier, is visible at the bottom of the picture. Mission STS-1. Edwards Air Force Base, California. 14/04/1981. Astronaut Robert L. Crippen, pilot for the STS - 1 flight, egresses the NASA space shuttle following touchdown of the Columbia on Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Astronaut John W. Young, crew commander, had earlier exited the craft and can be seen standing at the foot of the steps with George W. S. Abbey, director of flight operations at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Dr. Craig L. Fischer, chief of the medical operations branch in JSC's medical sciences division, follows Crippen down the steps. 14 April 1981 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4646661: Mushrooms: shimeji varietes (edible) - Japanese print by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842), from Honzo Zufu, illustrative guide to medicinal plants, 1916 - Ippon shimeji mushrooms, Entodon sinuatum, and shimeji mushroom - Colour printed woodblock engraving by Kan'en Iwasaki, from “” Honzo Zufu”, 1916 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4646807: Mushrooms: green russule (or palomet) - Japanese print by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842), from Honzo Zufu, illustrative guide to medicinal plants, 1916 - Anutake mushrooms, Russula virescens - Colour printed woodblock engraving by Kan'en Iwasaki, from “” Honzo Zufu””, 1916 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4646820: Mushrooms: Kuritake and yellow bolet (or butter) - Japanese print by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842), from Honzo Zufu, illustrative guide to medicinal plants, 1916 - Kuritake and anutake mushroom, Boletus luteus - Colour printed woodblock engraving by Kan'en Iwasaki, from “” Honzo Zufu””, 1916 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4646864: Mushrooms: benitake and fragile russule - Japanese print by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842), from Honzo Zufu, illustrative guide to medicinal plants, 1916 - Benitake and Russula fragilis mushrooms - Colour printed woodblock engraving by Kan'en Iwasaki, from “” Honzo Zufu””, 1916 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4646896: Mushrooms: false lycoperdon asterophore and tricholome conglobatum - Japanese print by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842), from Honzo Zufu, illustrative guide to medicinal plants, 1916 - Yaguretake, Nyctalis asterophora, and ibomiri or iboshimeji mushrooms, Tricholoma conglobatum - Colour printed woodblock engraving by woodblock engraving Kan'en Iwasaki, from “” Honzo Zufu””, 1916 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4646972: Varieties of Japanese camelias (Thea japonica Nois): Sagurenami and Nabeshima, with pink and white flowers. Eau forte en couleurs, woodcut by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842) botanist, entomology and Japanese zoology, published in Honzo Zufu, in 1884, an illustrative guide to Mždicinal plants. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4647161: Variety of Japanese camelias (Thea japonica Nois): Kara nishiki, with white flowers with crimson red lines. Eau forte en couleurs, woodcut by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842) botanist, entomology and Japanese zoology, published in Honzo Zufu, in 1884, an illustrative guide to medicinal plants. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4646957: Varieties of Japanese camelias (Thea japonica Nois): Kakehoshi and Shokokou, with pink and white flowers. Eau forte en couleurs, woodcut by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842) botanist, entomology and Japanese zoology, published in Honzo Zufu, in 1884, an illustrative guide to Mždicinal plants. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4646988: Variety of camelias from Japan (Thea japonica Nois): Kokinran, with white and pink flerus. Eau forte en couleurs, woodcut by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842) botanist, entomology and Japanese zoology, published in Honzo Zufu, in 1884, an illustrative guide to Mždicinal plants. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4647019: Varieties of Japanese camelias (Thea japonica Nois): Watashi mori and Hinazuru, with white flowers with pink lines. Eau forte en couleurs, woodcut by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842) botanist, entomology and Japanese zoology, published in Honzo Zufu, in 1884, an illustrative guide to Mždicinal plants. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4647128: Paper Bush - Japanese Prints by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842), from Honzo Zufu, illustrative guide to medicinal plants, 1884 - Oriental paperbush or mitsumata, Edgeworthia chrysantha Lindl. Used for English paper - Colour printed woodblock engraving by Kan'en Iwasaki, from “” Honzo Zufu”””, 1884 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4647226: Tulip, Tulip, Tulipa gesneria L. forma - Colour printed woodblock engraving by Kan'en Iwasaki, from “” Honzo Zufu”, 1884 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4647242: Varieties of Japanese camelias (Thea japonica Nois): Kamogawa and Kagenishiki, with pink and red flowers. Eau forte en couleurs, woodcut by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842) botanist, entomology and Japanese zoology, published in Honzo Zufu, in 1884, an illustrative guide to medicinal plants. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4647314: Varieties of Japanese camelias (Thea japonica Nois): Shusukane and Karakureoru, with ecarlate flowers. Eau forte en couleurs, woodcut by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842) botanist, entomology and Japanese zoology, published in Honzo Zufu, in 1884, an illustrative guide to Mždicinal plants. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4647335: Variety of Japanese camelias (Thea japonica Nois): Kara Tsubaki, with ecarlate red flowers. Eau forte en couleurs, woodcut by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842) botanist, entomology and Japanese zoology, published in Honzo Zufu, in 1884, an illustrative guide to medicinal plants. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4647383: Variety of camelias from Japan (Thea japonica Nois): Tamatebako, with white flowers. Eau forte en couleurs, woodcut by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842) botanist, entomology and Japanese zoology, published in Honzo Zufu, in 1884, an illustrative guide to medicinal plants. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4647546: Variete of Anthurium or Flemish pink or tongue of fire (Anthurium Scherzerianum Schott var. Bispathaceum Rod.) in crimson red colour. Illustration by A. Goossens, Chromolithography by P.de Pannemaeker, published in 1886 in Ghent (Belgium), in L'Illustration Horticole by Jean Linden (1817-1898) explorer, botanist and Belgian horticulturist. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4647818: Satyrium carneum orchid. 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, 1867-1868. / Bridgeman Images