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  • Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • A plant (Caltha radicans) related to kingcups: flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1810.
  • Kingcups (Caltha palustris) and pasque-flower (Pulsatilla vulgaris): entire flowering plants. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • Buttercup (Ranunculus grandiflorus): flowering stem and flowers. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.
  • Ivy-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus hederaceus): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1809.
  • Meadow-rue (Thalictrum majus): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1799.
  • Four British garden plants, including a clematis: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • Ten flowering plants, including two orchids and an Hibiscus species. Coloured transfer lithograph, c. 1833.
  • Buttercup (Ranunculus sp.): flowering and stoloniferous stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Bee Larkspur (Delphinium sp. var.): flowering stem with separate labelled floral segments. Engraving by J. Caldwall, c.1805, after P. Henderson.
  • Three flowering plants, including a lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis) and an anemone (Anemone species). Nature print by F. Branson, 1854.
  • Four British garden plants, including a delphinium: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • Hellebore (Helleborus atrorubens): fruiting stem with roots and separate flowering stem. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.
  • Four plants, including a fritillary (Fritillaria) and a wood buttercup (Ranunculus nemorosus): flowering stems. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Four British garden plants, including a lily and delphinium: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • Four poisonous plants: monk's hood (Aconitum napellus), deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna), woody nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) and thorn-apple (Datura stramonium) Coloured engraving by J. Johnstone, 1855.
  • Four British garden plants, including a paeony and crocus: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.
  • An anemone plant (Anemone species): three flowers and a leaf. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1836.
  • Four British garden plants, including a paeony and penstemon: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.
  • Monkshood (Aconitum napellus): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • Aconite or monkshood (Aconitum napellus L.): flowering stem with separate labelled floral segments. Engraving by J.Caldwall, c.1804, after P. Henderson.
  • Stinking hellebore (Helleborus foetidus): flowering stem. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • A Christmas rose or black hellebore (Helleborus niger): flowering stem. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Four British garden plants, including a paeony and poppy: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1835.
  • Meadow rue (Thalictrum angustifolium L.): flowering stem with separate fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
  • Three plants, an anenome, a mercury and a crocus: entire flowering plants. Colour nature print, c. 1860.
  • Soapwort (Saponaria officinalis) and pasque-flower (Pulsatilla vulgaris): flowering stems. Chromolithograph, c. 1877, after F. E. Hulme.
  • 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.