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

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

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

Sawara cypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera): branch with leaves. Watercolour by S. Kawano.

Young juniper tree (Juniperus nigra) on a ridge top in Nepal. Watercolour by H. Schlagintweit, 1855.

Common juniper (Juniperus communis L.): fruiting stem with separate leaf, fruit and floral segments, also a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.

Eight French wild plants, including saffron crocus, barley, pine species, juniper and bladder wrack. Chromolithograph, c. 1915.

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

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

Common juniper (Juniperus communis L.): fruiting stem with separate leaf, fruit and floral segments, also a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.

Eight French wild plants, including saffron crocus, barley, pine species, juniper and bladder wrack. Chromolithograph, c. 1915.

Sawara cypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera): branch with leaves. Watercolour by S. Kawano.