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  • Four British wild flowers, all types of mallow (Malva, Lavatera and Althaea species). Coloured lithograph, c. 1846, after H. Humphreys.
  • Four British garden plants, including daffodil and rhododendron: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1835.
  • A fruiting Abutilon species, a fruiting pepper plant (Capsicum sp.) and a flowering Sisyrinchium orientale. Etching by G. D. Ehret, c. 1743, after himself.
  • Egyptian mallow (Malva aegyptiaca): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Marsh mallow plant (Althaea officinalis): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1906.
  • Eight plants, including two orchids and a delphinium: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • Lavatera olbia L.: flowering stem with separate sections of fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Towns, cotton plant, bird and rock formations of Persia, in separate plates. Line engraving after C. de Bruins, c.1704.
  • Tree cotton (Gossypium arboreum): flowering and fruiting stem with caterpillar. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1807, after M. Merian.
  • Baobab tree (Adansonia digitata L.) with swollen trunk. Lithograph after R. McCormick, c. 1884.
  • Little mallow (Malva parviflora L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Curled mallow (Malva verticillata L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • A carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus) and hollyhock (Alcea rosea): flowering stems. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Five Egyptian trees with fruit, including the tamarind, mulberry fig and baobab. Line engraving, c. 1676.
  • China rose or Shoe flower (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.): flowering shoot. Coloured line engraving.
  • China rose or Shoe flower (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flower, dissected fruit and seeds. Coloured line engraving.
  • Workers harvesting sago in a tropical wooded glade with a bilimbi tree, a sago palm, a durian tree and a pepper plant. Engraving, c. 1777.
  • Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.
  • Alcea rosea 'Nigra'
  • Alcea rosea 'Nigra'
  • Lavatera olbia 'Pink Frills'