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  • Four rows of leaves of varying form, including some of holly (Ilex species) and willow (Salix species). Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.
  • Four examples of thorny or hairy plant stems: a rose, barberry, plum and stinging nettle. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.
  • Five examples of different plant stems: a crow-foot, pilewort, onion, cuckoo flower and sheep's fescue plant. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.
  • Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica): twenty one different anatomical segments of the plant. Coloured lithograph by W. Fitch, c. 1845, after himself.
  • Ten different forms of plant stem and two anatomical sections. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.
  • Fourteen different forms of plant stem. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.
  • Fifteen different forms of plant root and two anatomical sections. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.
  • Eleven single flowers, all with a different shape or form. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
  • Six plants, all with a different type of inflorescence. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
  • Eight whole and dissected flowers, all with a different shape or form. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
  • Six flowering plants, all with a different type of inflorescence. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
  • Four plants, all with different forms of tendrils or thorns. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
  • Various leaf forms, leaf venation, bud arrangements and woody stems. Watercolour by I. Sawkins.
  • Six flowering plants, all with a different type of compound inflorescence. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
  • Twelve examples of different types of flower pistil. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
  • Thirteen examples of different types and arrangements of flower stamens. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
  • Eight plant flowers, all with a different shape and form. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
  • A fern, a moss, a fungus and an alga: all with anatomical details. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.
  • Six flowering plants, all with a different type of compound inflorescence. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
  • Entire flowers and floral segments of a paeony and a lily. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
  • Fifteen flowers from different varieties of slipper flower (Calceolaria species). Coloured engraving by J. & J. Parkin, 1835, after C. W. Harrison.
  • Two examples of different root systems: a denticulate primrose rootstock and a creeping couch grass root. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.
  • Banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis L.) with many trunks. Lithograph by W. Stoker, 1811, after J. Forbes, 1778.
  • Banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis) with many spreading aerial roots. Aquatint by T. Medland, c. 1807, after J. Cordiner.
  • View from inside an enormous banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis L.). Engraving by J. Greig, after J. Forbes, 1778.
  • Six pictures of foliage illustrating the general character of two trees - the plane (Platanus species) and walnut (Juglans regia). Lithograph after G. Barnard, c. 1849.
  • A spreading banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis L.) growing on a palmyra palm (Borassus flabellifer L.) and sheltering 2 people. Engraving by J. Greig, after J. Forbes, 1774.
  • Six seeding plants, including dandelion, oak, sycamore and hazel, all illustrating different methods of seed dispersal. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
  • Four fruiting plants, a rose, a strawberry, a fig and a lemon, all with different types of pericarp. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
  • Five figures showing fruit, pericarps and seeds of a gooseberry, fir cone and wallflower. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.