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  • A plant in the Caryophyllaceae family: two flowering stems. Watercolour.
  • Dianthus caryophyllus L. Caryophyllaceae Carnation, clove-gilliflowers - Mediterranean Culpeper (1650) writes that ‘Clove-gilliflowers, resist the pestilence, strengthen the heart, liver and stomach, and provokes lust.’ They smell strongly of cloves, and an oil made from the petals is used in perfumery, soaps etc. The petals are sometimes used as a garnish for salads. In herbal medicine they are used to make a tonic. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Three-nerved sandwort (Arenaria trinervis): flowering plant. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.
  • A campion plant (Silene species): flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • Three flowering plants, one possibly a pink (Dianthus species) and one a Gypsophila. Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • Rupturewort or herniary (Herniaria glabra L.): flowering stem with separate leaf and floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.
  • Three flowering plants, one possibly a pink (Dianthus species). Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • Six flowering plants, one possibly a pink (Dianthus species) and one an Anthriscus species. Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • Seven flowering plants, one possibly a kingcup and six pinks (Dianthus species). Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • Rose campion (Lychnis fulgens): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured lithograph by Burggraaff, c. 1830, after G. Severeyns.
  • A plant, possibly a pink (Dianthus species): two flowering stems. Watercolour.
  • Two plants, possibly pinks (Dianthus species): flowering stems. Watercolour.
  • Four flowering plants, including a toad lily (Tricyrtis species) and a pink (Dianthus species). Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • Chickweed (Cerastium ciliatum): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.
  • Four flowering plants, one possibly a pink (Dianthus species) and one a Geranium species. Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • Stitchwort, chickweed or starwort (Stellaria nemorum): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Chickweed (Cerastium perfoliatum): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • A campion plant (Silene species): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving by C. White, c. 1817, after S. Edwards.
  • Seven flowering plants, one possibly a pink (Dianthus species) and one a daylily (Hemerocallis species). Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • Nine flowering plants, one possibly a phlox and one a green brier. Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • Five plants, possibly pinks (Dianthus species): flowering stems. Watercolour.
  • Campion (Lychnis sp.): entire male and female flowering plants with their respective floral segments. Engraving by J.Caldwell, c.1805, after P.Henderson.
  • Four plants, possibly pinks (Dianthus species): flowering stems. Watercolour.
  • A pink (Dianthus species): flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • Two plants, one a pink (Dianthus species): flowering stems. Watercolour.
  • Rue-leaved whitlow grass (Paronychia serpyllifolia DC.): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H. Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.
  • Pink (Dianthus): flowering stem with separate flower. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.
  • Two flowering plants: a knot grass (Illecebrum species) and star anise tree (Illicium verum). Coloured etching, c. 1811.
  • Four flowering plants, including spurrey (Spergula), chickweed (Stellaria) and a rowan (Sorbus). Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1827.
  • Striped red carnation (Dianthus species): flowering stem. Watercolour.