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Arbor-vitae (Thuja obtusa): branch with leaves. Watercolour by S. Kawano.

Two leafy stems with fruit, one is possibly of Boston ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata). Watercolour.

Arbor-vitae (Thuja dolabrata): branch with leaves. Watercolour by S. Kawano.

Cedar (Cedrus sp.): tree with separate segments of cones and leaves. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D.Ehret.

A branch of Japanese fir (Abies firma). Watercolour by S. Kawano.

Cedar trees (Cedrus species) in a garden in Monmouthshire. Photogravure by R. Fenton, ca. 1856.

Spurge laurel plant (Daphne laureola) with an associated moth and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

White pine (Podocarpus chinensis): branch with leaves. Pencil drawing by S. Kawano.

A pine branch. Pencil drawing by S. Kawano.

Hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa): branch with leaves. Watercolour by S. Kawano.

Maritime or cluster pine (Pinus pinaster): branch with cones and a single cone. Engraving by J.W. Lowry, c. 1835, after W.B. Booth.

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Cedar trees (Cedrus species) in a garden in Monmouthshire. Photogravure by R. Fenton, ca. 1856.

Spurge laurel plant (Daphne laureola) with an associated moth and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

A branch of Japanese fir (Abies firma). Watercolour by S. Kawano.

Cedar (Cedrus sp.): tree with separate segments of cones and leaves. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D.Ehret.

Maritime or cluster pine (Pinus pinaster): branch with cones and a single cone. Engraving by J.W. Lowry, c. 1835, after W.B. Booth.