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  • Willow-herb (Epilobium palustre): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.
  • Field mouse-ear (Cerastium arvense): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1793.
  • A moss (Bryum calcareum): single plants showing the growth cycle and a patch of moss on stone. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1794.
  • A plant (Polygonum orientale): flowering stem. Coloured engraving, c. 1792.
  • Water chickweed (Myosoton aquaticum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1799.
  • Fennel-leaved pondweed (Potamogeton pectinatus): flowering stem, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.
  • Fourteen different forms of plant stem. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.
  • Sandwort (Arenaria tenuifolia): entire flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1794.
  • Stonecrop (Sedum rupestre): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1794.
  • A clubmoss (Lycopodium selago): fertile leafy stem and segments of sporangia. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.
  • Two sprigs of flowers, including iris and double Narcissus, meant as designs for embroidery. Etching with engraving after W. Kilburn, 1775.
  • A plant (Babiana ringens): flower, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1798, after H. Andrews.
  • Bur parsely (Caucalis daucoides): flowering stem leaves and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1794.
  • Saxifrage or rockfoil (Saxifraga hypnoides): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1798.
  • Nine different flowers and their floral segments. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.
  • A spurge (Euphorbia stricta): flowering stem, leaves, roots and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.
  • Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus): flowering stem, leaves, fruit and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.
  • Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.
  • A houseleek (Sempervivum arachnoideum): flowering plant. Coloured engraving, c. 1788.
  • Scurvy grass (Cochlearia officinalis): flowering stem, leaf, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1799.
  • A plant (Lythrum hyssopifolia): entire flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.
  • Wayfaring tree (Viburnum lantana): flowering stem, leaves and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.
  • An anemone (Anemone hortensis): flowering plant. Coloured engraving, c. 1790.
  • Wild plum (Pappea capensis): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured engraving, c. 1792.
  • Stonecrop (Sedum villosum): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1797.
  • Meadow-rue (Thalictrum majus): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1799.
  • A plant (Diosma latifolia): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1798, after H. Andrews.
  • Rock or wall cress (Arabis alpina): flowering stem. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1793.
  • Forty five simple plant leaves of different forms. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.
  • Grape hyacinth (Muscari atlanticum): flowering plant. Coloured engraving, c. 1790.