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  • Six flowering plants, including angelica (Angelica species) and hog's fennel (Peucedanum officinale). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • A plant (Peucedanum galbanum Benth.) related to hog fennel: flowering stem with separate leaf, stalk and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Hog fennel (Peucedanum ostruthium (L.) Koch.): flowering stem with separate leaf, rootstock, flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Angelica (Angelica archangelica): root segments and stem with bud. Watercolour.
  • Tordylium apulum L.: flowering and fruiting stem with separate leaf and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Angelica (Angelica aquatica): leaf, inflorescence, flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Caraway (Carum carvi L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Sweet cicely (Myrrhis odorata (L.) Scop.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate rootstock and flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • A species of the genus Laserpitium: three sections of the flowering stem with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • A plant (Apium sp.): flowering and seeding stem with separate flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Wood hedgehog fungus (Hydnum repandum), pennywort plant (Hydrocotyle species) and a sac fungus (Hysterium sphaerioides). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1810.
  • Wild celery (Apium graveolens L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate leaf, flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Eight British wild flowers, including wild carrot (Daucus carota), bur parsley (Caucalis) and hog's fennel (Peucedanum officinale). Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.
  • Four poisonous plants: hemlock (Conium maculatum), henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), opium lettuce (Lactuca virosa) and autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale). Coloured engraving by J. Johnstone.
  • Sea samphire (Crithmum maritimum L.): flowering stem with separate root, flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.
  • Wild carrot (Daucus carota L.): flowering stem with separate root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Water dropwort (Oenanthe crocata L.): flowering stem with separate root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Peucedanum oreoselinum (L.) Munch.: flowering and fruiting stem with separate leaf, flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Khella (Ammi visnaga (L.) Lam.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate root, flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Giêng sàng (Ligusticum monnieri Calest.): flowering stem with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Hedge sison (Sison amomum L.): flowering stem with separate leaf, flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Bunium bulbocastanum L.: entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Miller): flowering and fruiting stems with separate node and floral and fruiting segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Baldmoney (Meum athamanticum Jacq.): flowering stem with separate rootstock, flower and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Ammi (Trachyspermum ammi (L.) Sprague): flowering stem with separate root, flower, fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.
  • Dill (Anethum graveolens L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate root, flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate root, fruit and floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.