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  • Cassava or tapioca plant (Manihot esculenta): leafy stem and tuberous roots. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1809.
  • Nine scenes showing tea cultivation and preparation on an Indian plantation. Engraving by T. Brown, c. 1850, after J. L. Williams.
  • Nine scenes showing tea cultivation and preparation on an Indian plantation. Engraving by T. Brown, c. 1850, after J. L. Williams.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers roll the caper tea into balls. Coloured lithograph.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers roll up and sift the tea leaves. Coloured lithograph.
  • A tea plantation in China with women picking and sifting tea leaves. Gouache painting with oxidization.
  • Lucerne or alfalfa plant (Medicago sativa): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1904.
  • King's Cross, London: the Great Dust-Heap, next to Battle Bridge and the Smallpox Hospital. Watercolour painting by E. H. Dixon, 1837.
  • King's Cross, London: the Great Dust-Heap, next to Battle Bridge and the Smallpox Hospital. Watercolour painting by E. H. Dixon, 1837.
  • Rape (Brassica napus): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1810.
  • King's Cross, London: the Great Dust-Heap, next to Battle Bridge and the Smallpox Hospital. Watercolour painting by E. H. Dixon, 1837.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers pick the tea leaves. Coloured lithograph.
  • Rye (Secale sp.): entire flowering plant with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • A Chinese tea plantation with workers watering, picking and firing the tea. Lithograph by E. Gilks, c. 1850, after B. Clayton after Piqua.
  • Six scenes from a Tamil village and neigbouring tea plantation. Coloured pen and ink drawing by J.P. Gulich, c. 1889.
  • Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau: workers preparing cakes from manioc root, within a decorative border. Engraving, c. 1777.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers trim the harvested tea leaves. Coloured lithograph.
  • MS.9101: Photographs concerning Florence Ni
  • Japanese clover (Lespedeza sp.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate leaf, flower, fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers water the young plants. Coloured lithograph.
  • Indian mustard or rai (Brassica juncea (L.) Czerniak.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.
  • MS.9101: Photographs concerning Florence Ni
  • MS.9101: Photographs concerning Florence Ni
  • Six British wild flowers, including three types of trefoil (Lotus species). Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.
  • A tobacco plantation with workers, a Mexican Indian (?) and two European masters. Coloured engraving, c. 1821.
  • A cultivar of garden pea (Pisum sativum) and of variegated kale (Brassica oleracea acephala). Chromolithograph, c. 1890.
  • Common garlic (Allium sativum): bulb, flower head, single flower and single clove. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1850.
  • Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.): flowering stem with separate pod and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Smoking tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • Seedheads of pasture grass (Holcus sp.), millet (Panicum sp.) and rice (Oryza sativa). Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1780.