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Yarrow Collection

Yarrow, a versatile and captivating plant, has woven its way through history and various industries

Background imageYarrow Collection: Flying Scotsman - LNER High-pressure Compound Express Loco

Flying Scotsman - LNER High-pressure Compound Express Locomotive No. 10, 000 leaving Waverley Station, Edinburgh, Scotland - designed by Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley

Background imageYarrow Collection: Chamomile, Yarrow, Milfoil, Daisy, Aster, Mayweed, Victorian Botanical Illustration

Chamomile, Yarrow, Milfoil, Daisy, Aster, Mayweed, Victorian Botanical Illustration
Very Rare, Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraved Chamomile, Yarrow, Milfoil, Daisy, Aster, Mayweed, Victorian Botanical Illustration Victorian Botanical Illustration

Background imageYarrow Collection: Yarrow Home for Convalescent Children, Broadstairs, Kent

Yarrow Home for Convalescent Children, Broadstairs, Kent
Staff and children in the grounds of the Yarrow Home for Convalescent Children at Broadstairs. Date: circa 1907

Background imageYarrow Collection: The Mill at night, River Stour, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, England, UK

The Mill at night, River Stour, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, England, UK

Background imageYarrow Collection: Alfred Fernandez Yarrow

Alfred Fernandez Yarrow
Sir ALFRED FERNANDEZ YARROW Inventor and manufacturer, noted for torpedo boats

Background imageYarrow Collection: Yarrow flower petal, SEM

Yarrow flower petal, SEM
Yarrow flower petal. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a petal from the flower of a Japanese type of yarrow (Achillea alpina)

Background imageYarrow Collection: Men at Yarrow Military Hospital

Men at Yarrow Military Hospital. These may be a mixture of staff and patients. None are wearing hospital blues though some have arm slings. Some have the RAMC badge on their arm

Background imageYarrow Collection: Yarrow, Achillea millefolium. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller

Yarrow, Achillea millefolium. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph
FLO4992532 Yarrow, Achillea millefolium. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph Koehler's Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler

Background imageYarrow Collection: Yarrow, Achillea millefolium

Yarrow, Achillea millefolium
5855780 Yarrow, Achillea millefolium; (add.info.: Yarrow, Achillea millefolium. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm

Background imageYarrow Collection: Yarrow or milfoil, Achillea millefolium. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical

Yarrow or milfoil, Achillea millefolium. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David
FLO4983362 Yarrow or milfoil, Achillea millefolium. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimen's Medicinal Plants

Background imageYarrow Collection: Sheep Dogs: smooth coated sheep dog 'Yarrow' and rough-coated sheep dog 'Hornpipe'

Sheep Dogs: smooth coated sheep dog "Yarrow" and rough-coated sheep dog "Hornpipe"
5856415 Sheep Dogs: smooth coated sheep dog "Yarrow" and rough-coated sheep dog "Hornpipe"; (add.info.: Sheep Dogs)

Background imageYarrow Collection: Yarrow, Achillea millefolium

Yarrow, Achillea millefolium
5855154 Yarrow, Achillea millefolium; (add.info.: Yarrow, Achillea millefolium. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine de Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science,")

Background imageYarrow Collection: Yarrow (colour litho)

Yarrow (colour litho)
3116926 Yarrow (colour litho); (add.info.: Achillea millefolium Kohler's Medizinal-Pflanzen in naturgetreuen Abbildungen mit kurz erlauterndem Texte)

Background imageYarrow Collection: Yarrow, Achillea millefolium, and Myriophyllum aquatium. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a

Yarrow, Achillea millefolium, and Myriophyllum aquatium. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration
FLO4668556 Yarrow, Achillea millefolium, and Myriophyllum aquatium. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageYarrow Collection: Yarrow or milfoil, Achillea millefolium

Yarrow or milfoil, Achillea millefolium. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Background imageYarrow Collection: Rumpelstiltzkin, fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, lithograph, published c. 1880

Rumpelstiltzkin, fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, lithograph, published c. 1880
Rumpelstiltzkin (German: Rumpelstilzchen) helps the millers daughter spin straw into gold. A fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, Germany. Lithograph, published c. 1880

Background imageYarrow Collection: Mares Tail, Horsetail, Water Milfoil and Starwort, Victorian Botanical Illustration

Mares Tail, Horsetail, Water Milfoil and Starwort, Victorian Botanical Illustration
Very Rare, Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraved Botanical Illustration of Mares Tail, Horsetail, Water Milfoil and Starwort, Victorian Botanical Illustration

Background imageYarrow Collection: Tansy, Tanacetum vulgare L. Syn. : Chrysanthemum vulgare (L. ) Bernh. (left top), yarrow

Tansy, Tanacetum vulgare L. Syn. : Chrysanthemum vulgare (L. ) Bernh. (left top), yarrow
Tansy, Tanacetum vulgare L. Syn.: Chrysanthemum vulgare (L.) Bernh. (left top), yarrow, Achillea millefolium (top center), Ringelblume, Calendula officinalis (top right), absinthe wormwood

Background imageYarrow Collection: Yarrow & Co. Ltd poster early 1900s

Yarrow & Co. Ltd poster early 1900s Date: circa 1900s

Background imageYarrow Collection: Yarrow Ship Builders Poster Glasgow

Yarrow Ship Builders Poster Glasgow Date: circa 1900s

Background imageYarrow Collection: Blossoming Tree

Blossoming Tree
A painting of a quaint countryside stone wall which trails around a beautiful tree in blossom. A distant see view can be seen in the background. Date: circa 1914

Background imageYarrow Collection: White flowered yarrow or milfoil, Achillea millefolium

White flowered yarrow or milfoil, Achillea millefolium
5856620 White flowered yarrow or milfoil, Achillea millefolium by Sowerby, James (1757-1822); (add.info.: White flowered yarrow or milfoil, Achillea millefolium)

Background imageYarrow Collection: Close-up of the flowering yarrow, Achillea

Close-up of the flowering yarrow, Achillea

Background imageYarrow Collection: The War in the Soudan, with the Nile Expedition (engraving)

The War in the Soudan, with the Nile Expedition (engraving)
1044948 The War in the Soudan, with the Nile Expedition (engraving) by Villiers, Frederic (1851-1922) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The War in the Soudan, with the Nile Expedition)

Background imageYarrow Collection: Common yarrow or milfoil, Achillea millefolium

Common yarrow or milfoil, Achillea millefolium. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1800

Background imageYarrow Collection: Milfoil and Marshallia species

Milfoil and Marshallia species
Pink-flowered milfoil, Achillea milfolium, golden yarrow, Achillea tomentosa, Clavenas silvery-leaved milfoil, Achillea clavenae, and tufted marshallia, Marshallia caespitosa

Background imageYarrow Collection: Yarrow, Achillea millefolium, and Myriophyllum aquaticum

Yarrow, Achillea millefolium, and Myriophyllum aquaticum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageYarrow Collection: Yarrow, Achillea millefolium

Yarrow, Achillea millefolium. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Background imageYarrow Collection: Sneezewort yarrow, Achillea ptarmica

Sneezewort yarrow, Achillea ptarmica. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst

Background imageYarrow Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 52

Curtis British Entomology Plate 52
Coleoptera: Onthophagus taurus (Bull-headed Dung-beetle) [Plant: Achillea ptarmica (Sneeze-wort Yarrow)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageYarrow Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 19

Curtis British Entomology Plate 19
Coleoptera: Rhipiphorus paradoxus = Metoecus paradoxus (Wasps? Nest Beetle) [Plant: Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageYarrow Collection: Yarrow and Company Shipbuilding Works, Isle of Dogs, torpedo boat no

Yarrow and Company Shipbuilding Works, Isle of Dogs, torpedo boat no
1812808 Yarrow and Company Shipbuilding Works, Isle of Dogs, torpedo boat no. 80, London, 1887 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); London Metropolitan Archives

Background imageYarrow Collection: Yarrow (chromolitho)

Yarrow (chromolitho)
2802918 Yarrow (chromolitho) by Hulme, Frederick Edward (1841-1909); Private Collection; (add.info.: Yarrow. Illustration for Familiar Wild Flowers by F Edward Hulme (Cassell)

Background imageYarrow Collection: Persian Lilac or Pride of India, and Achillea Millefolium (Soldier

Persian Lilac or Pride of India, and Achillea Millefolium (Soldier
STC254983 Persian Lilac or Pride of India, and Achillea Millefolium (Soldiers Woundwort) plate 136 from Hortus Eystettensis by Basil Besler (1561-1629) pub 1613 (hand coloured engraving)

Background imageYarrow Collection: Yellowjacket Hoover Fly, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)

Yellowjacket Hoover Fly, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)
999409 Yellowjacket Hoover Fly, 1833-39 (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageYarrow Collection: Sneezewort, Milfoil or Yarrow, Woodruff, Goosegrass or Cleavers, 1951 (colour litho)

Sneezewort, Milfoil or Yarrow, Woodruff, Goosegrass or Cleavers, 1951 (colour litho)
2919985 Sneezewort, Milfoil or Yarrow, Woodruff, Goosegrass or Cleavers, 1951 (colour litho) by Inglis, Bessie D. (fl. 1927-1939); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageYarrow Collection: Shallow-Draught Gunboat for the River Zambesi (engraving)

Shallow-Draught Gunboat for the River Zambesi (engraving)
6016237 Shallow-Draught Gunboat for the River Zambesi (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Shallow-Draught Gunboat for the River Zambesi)

Background imageYarrow Collection: Achillee yarrow - Yarrow, Achillea millefolium. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving by

Achillee yarrow - Yarrow, Achillea millefolium. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving by Lambert Junior from a
FLO4603806 Achillee yarrow - Yarrow, Achillea millefolium. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving by Lambert Junior from a drawing by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin from Chaumeton

Background imageYarrow Collection: Achillea Millefolium

Achillea Millefolium
Yarrow Date: early 20th century

Background imageYarrow Collection: achillea filipendulina gold plate, yarrow

achillea filipendulina gold plate, yarrow
0042 Yarrow Achillea filipendulina Gold Plate

Background imageYarrow Collection: Yarrow, Achillea Coronation Gold, Several flat yellow flower heads viewed from beneath

Yarrow, Achillea Coronation Gold, Several flat yellow flower heads viewed from beneath showing the tree like structure against a blue sky

Background imageYarrow Collection: Yarrow, Achillea, Achillea Coronation Gold

Yarrow, Achillea, Achillea Coronation Gold
Yarrow, Achillea Coronation Gold, Yellow coloured fllower growing outdoor.-

Background imageYarrow Collection: Yarrow, Achillea millefolium Pretty Belinda, Close view of the mass of tiny pink flowers

Yarrow, Achillea millefolium Pretty Belinda, Close view of the mass of tiny pink flowers that make up each flowerhead

Background imageYarrow Collection: achillea millefolium pretty belinda, yarrow, pink subject, green background

achillea millefolium pretty belinda, yarrow, pink subject, green background
Achillea millefolium Pretty Belinda Yarrow Pink subject Green background

Background imageYarrow Collection: Achillea millefolium Alternative medicine Alternative therapy

Achillea millefolium Alternative medicine Alternative therapy
Yarrow, Achillea millefolium, Growing wild in a meadow

Background imageYarrow Collection: Yarrow, Achillea, dead flowerrheads covered in snow against a dappled blue background

Yarrow, Achillea, dead flowerrheads covered in snow against a dappled blue background
45 Yarrow, Achillea cultivar dead flowerrheads covered in snow against a dappled blue background

Background imageYarrow Collection: Yarrow, Achillea filipendulina Gold Plate

Yarrow, Achillea filipendulina Gold Plate, multiple stems backlit against a clear blue sky

Background imageYarrow Collection: Somerset TA9 4 Map

Somerset TA9 4 Map
Postcode Sector Map of Somerset TA9 4



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Yarrow, a versatile and captivating plant, has woven its way through history and various industries. Just like the iconic Flying Scotsman - LNER High-pressure Compound Express Loco, yarrow stands tall with grace and resilience. In the world of botany, often associated with chamomile, milfoil, daisy, aster, mayweed - all beautifully depicted in Victorian botanical illustrations. Its delicate petals have been examined under the microscope in stunning SEM images that reveal intricate details. Beyond nature's realm, it has left an indelible mark on society. The Yarrow Home for Convalescent Children in Broadstairs, Kent provided solace to those in need of healing. Meanwhile Alfred Fernandez Yarrow made his name known as a prominent figure associated with this remarkable flower. The influence extended even further into industry. From military hospitals where brave men found solace during times of war to shipbuilders who crafted vessels that sailed across oceans - Yarrow & Co Ltd posters from the early 1900s stand as testaments to their legacy. As blossoming trees herald spring's arrival each year, so does yarrow bloom alongside them. Known also as milfoil or Achillea millefolium, it adds vibrant splashes of color to meadows and gardens alike. Victorian botanical illustrations showcase other plants such as Mares Tail and Horsetail which share space with water milfoil and starwort - reminding us how interconnected nature truly is. Lastly but not leastly HMS Wren - Admiralty modified W class destroyer proudly carried the name "Yarrow" into naval battles throughout history – a symbol of strength amidst turbulent seas. Whether admired for its beauty or celebrated for its contributions across diverse fields, Y arrow continues to captivate hearts worldwide. Its story intertwines with legends like Flying Scotsman locomotive while leaving an everlasting impression on our collective consciousness.