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Opium lettuce (Lactuca virosa): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.

Three flowering plants, including coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara), common rue (Ruta graveolens), and a legume. Watercolour, c. 1870.

Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare): entire flowering plant. Watercolour.

Three flowers: a carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus) and two large Compositae species. Coloured aquatint by A. Adlard, c. 1838.

Yarrow (Achillea santolina): flowering plant with leaf and floral segments. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.

Cineraria aurita: flowering stem and floral segments. Line engraving by F. Hubert, c. 1788, after P. J. Redouté.

An aster (Aster species): flowering stem. Watercolour.

Seven garden plants, including an orchid and a fuchsia: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

A plant (Carduus pycnocephalus L.) related to Scotch thistle: flowering stem with separate flowers and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

Three flowering plants, one possibly a composite. Watercolour, c. 1870.

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 20.3 x 11.7 cm

A groundsel plant (Senecio viscosus) with an associated beetle and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

A poppy capsule (Papaver species), and two flowering stems. Watercolour.

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 20.1 x 11.8 cm

A cat's-ear plant (Hypochaeris radicata) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

A dandelion (Taraxacum species): flowering plant growing with young ferns. Watercolour.

Four British garden plants, including a phlox: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1835.

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A groundsel plant (Senecio viscosus) with an associated beetle and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

A poppy capsule (Papaver species), and two flowering stems. Watercolour.

A cat's-ear plant (Hypochaeris radicata) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

A dandelion (Taraxacum species): flowering plant growing with young ferns. Watercolour.

Four British garden plants, including a phlox: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1835.

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Compositae

Images

Catalogue

A groundsel plant (Senecio viscosus) with an associated beetle and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

A poppy capsule (Papaver species), and two flowering stems. Watercolour.

A cat's-ear plant (Hypochaeris radicata) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

A dandelion (Taraxacum species): flowering plant growing with young ferns. Watercolour.

Four British garden plants, including a phlox: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1835.

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