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  • Scammony (Convolvulus scammonia L.): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • Drug advertising ephemera. Box 13.
  • Drug advertising ephemera. Box 13.
  • Drug advertising ephemera. Box 13.
  • Drug advertising ephemera. Box 13.
  • Drug advertising ephemera. Box 13.
  • Drug advertising ephemera. Box 13.
  • Drug advertising ephemera. Box 13.
  • Smilacina racemosa Desf. syn. Maianthemum racemosum (L.)Link Convallariaceae. False Spikenard, False Solomon's Seal, Scurvy berries, Treacle berries. Herbaceous perennial. Distribution: North America. Austin (2004) reports on Native American traditional usage: Cold infusion of the roots for sore eyes (Cherokee)
  • Smilacina racemosa Desf. syn. Maianthemum racemosum (L.)Link Convallariaceae. False Spikenard, False Solomon's Seal, Scurvy berries, Treacle berries. Herbaceous perennial. Distribution: North America. Probably introduced to England by John Tradescant the Younger in 1656 as it appears in his garden plant catalogue in Musaeum Tradescantianum in 1656. Austin (2004) reports on Native American traditional usage: a cold infusion of the roots was used for sore eyes (Cherokee)
  • Podophyllum peltatum (May apple or American mandrake)
  • Veronicastrum virginicum 'Pink Glow'
  • Veronicastrum virginicum 'Pink Glow'