Agave Collection

Sentry plant or American aloe, Agave americana
Sentry plant, century plant, maguey or American aloe, Agave americana, Agave. Handcoloured steel engraving by Pierre after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A

Twin flowered agave, Agave geminiflora. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy

Roughhead grenadier and hollowsnout grenadier
Roughhead grenadier or onion-eye grenadier, Macrourus berglax 1 and hollowsnout grenadier, Coelorinchus caelorhincus (Lepidoleprus coelorhinchus) 2

Two-flowered agave, Dracaena boscii, Littaea geminiflora, Agave geminiflora, Yucca boscii, Littea di fiori a coppie. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus

American aloe, Agave americana. Handcoloured lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendals German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), Jena, 1871

Palm tree species
Palm tree and tropical species including sago, coconut, breadfruit, pepper, pineapple, agave, sea coconut, areca, manicaria, etc

Great American aloe, Agave americana (Great American aloe, with variegated leaves, Agave americana var. foliis variegatis)

Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, Central America - Drying Henequen. After extraction from the plant, henequen is processed as a textile in various forms to obtain a range of products for domestic

Vendor of pulque near Rioverde, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
A typical vendor of pulque with her donkey-drawn cart on a country road near Rioverde, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Pulque is an alcoholic drink made from the fermented sap of the maguey (agave) plant

A Century Plant - Kew Gardens (Agave Atrovirens from Mexico). Note the adjustable railings on wheels. Date: circa 1910s

Agave candelabrum, agave
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Agave sisalana, sisal

Aloe americana minor
Illustration from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Godfried Simula. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Cedrus libani, cedar of Lebanon & Agave americana, century p
Sketch 252 from the Ehret Collection of Sketches (unbound) by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Agave Panyi or Parryi (Parrys Agave)
Agave Panyi or Parryi (Parrys Agave or Mescal Agave), a succulent plant of the Agavaceae family with grey-green leaves, resembling a giant artichoke

Pulque, Mexico
Mexico - Harvesting PULQUE from agave or maguey plants, producing a popular fermented beverage

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