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  • A pear (Pyrus species): flowering branch. Watercolour.
  • Two flowering plants, possibly a chrysanthemum and loquat (Eriobotrya japonica). Watercolour.
  • A radish (Raphanus species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • Turnip (Brassica rapa): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • Parsnip (Pastinaca species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • Chilli or pepper plant (Capsicum annuum): fruiting stem. Watercolour.
  • Rampion (Campanula rapunculus L.): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard.
  • A coffee tree (Coffea species), nutmeg plant (Myristica fragrans) and cashew nut tree (Anacardium occidentale): flowers and fruit. Coloured engraving, c. 1827.
  • Cape shamrock or yellow sorrel (Oxalis corniculata L.): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured etching by M.Bouchard, 1772.
  • A chinese apple-like fruit known as Li zhi: three fruiting stems. Watercolour.
  • Citron (Citrus medica L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured aquatint by G. Geri, c.1825, after D. Serantoni.
  • Four cultivars of pear (Pyrus communis cv.): entire fruits. Coloured etching by W. Clark, c. 1835, after Lady Boughton.
  • A cudweed plant (Gnaphalium species), mandrake plant (Mandragora officinarum) and breadfruit tree (Artocarpus atilis). Coloured engraving, c. 1827.
  • The Ickworth Imperatrice plum (Prunus domestica cv.): fruiting branch. Coloured etching by G. Barclay, c. 1842, after S. Drake.
  • Tumeric (Curcuma longa L.): rhizome with flowering stem and separate leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Bilberry plant (Vaccinium myrtillus L.): flowering and fruiting stems 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.
  • Celosia trigyna L.: two sections of the flowering stem with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • A leek (Allium ampeloprasum) and sandleek (Allium scorodoprasum): flowerheads. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
  • Double claw (Martynia annua L.): entire flowering plant with separate fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • View from inside an enormous banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis L.). Engraving by J. Greig, after J. Forbes, 1778.
  • Banana plant (Musa species): flowering and fruiting plant with stolons and separate floral segments and sectioned fruit, also a description of the plant's growth, anatomical labels and a scale bar. Etching by G. D. Ehret, c. 1742, after himself.
  • Cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata L.): large leafy head with separate flowering stem, opened fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • An olive plant (Olea europea): fruiting branch. Coloured lithograph by B. Chirat, c. 1850, after himself.
  • A plant (Ardisia solanacea): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flowers, fruit and seeds. Coloured line engraving.
  • Ketaki (Pandanus tectorius Sol. ex Parkinson): flower and young fruit. Coloured aquatint after J. Forbes, 1769.
  • Braddick's American peach (Prunus persica cv.): fruiting branch, flowers and cut fruit. Coloured etching, c. 1812.
  • Radish (Raphanus caudatus): flowering and fruiting stem with separate floral segments, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • A fig plant (Ficus carica): fruiting stem and halved fruit. Coloured zincograph by J. Macfarlane, c. 1872, after himself.
  • A fruiting nectarine (Prunus persica) and two almond plants (Prunus dulcis). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1809, after J. Ihle.
  • Friar's cowl (Arisarum vulgare Targ. Tozz.): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.