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  • Seven plants, including an orchid and a currant: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
  • Coleus plant (Solenostemon scutellarioides): leafy stem. Chromolithograph by L. van Houtte, c. 1877.
  • Eight plants, including three orchids, a crocus and a begonia: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • Three British garden plants, including an orchid: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1838.
  • A garden dahlia (Dahlia 'Princess Royal'): one large flower. Coloured aquatint by D. Hayes, c. 1842.
  • Two flowers from different varieties of pelargonium (Pelargonium species). Coloured lithograph.
  • Eight plants, including two orchids, a gardenia and a clematis: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • A tropical orchid (Dendrobium fimbriatum var. Oculatum): flowering stem. Chromolithograph by G. Severeyns, c. 1860, after J. Vandamme.
  • A plantation of cochineal cacti (Nopalea cochenillifera) with workers gathering and preparing cochineal. Engraving.
  • Eight plants, including two orchids, a crocus and some tulips: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • A young lover (Alexis) apologises to the parents of Lydia, with whom he had eloped to Gretna Green to be married without having asked their permission: he pleads that he was more likely to be pardoned for an act that had not been refused. Engraving, 1792.
  • Quillwort (Isoetes echinospora): entire plant with spores and floral segments. Coloured lithograph by W. Fitch, c. 1863, after himself.
  • Eight plants, including three orchids and a rose: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
  • A Chilean bellflower (Lapageria rosea): flowering stem. Coloured lithograph, c. 1855.
  • Seven plants, including an orchid, a campanula and a penstemon: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1835.
  • Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica): an opening flower with surrounding leaves and buds. Coloured lithograph by W. Fitch, c. 1845, after himself.
  • Four British garden plants, including a clematis: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • A plant (Mesembryanthemum barbatum): flowering stem. Coloured engraving, c. 1789.
  • Seven garden plants, including an orchid and a begonia: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1836.
  • A body covered with a blanket lying on a heated bath for the purpose of resuscitation. Etching, 1790.
  • Jasmine (Jasminum hirsutum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1815, after S. Edwards.
  • Clearweed (Pilea pubescens): flowering stem. Coloured engraving by Weddell, c. 1824, after J. Curtis.
  • Ten flowering plants, including an orchid and a pitcher plant (Sarracenia flava). Coloured transfer lithograph, c. 1833.
  • A lady's slipper orchid (Cypripedium sallieri): flowering plant. Chromolithograph, c. 1885, after P. de Pannemaeker.
  • Seven plants, including four orchids and a campion: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.
  • A plant (Escallonia montevidensis): flowering stem. Coloured etching by F. Smith, c. 1834, after himself.
  • Nine flowering plants, including three orchids. Coloured transfer lithograph, c. 1833.
  • Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
  • Flamingo flowers (Anthurium scherzerianum): flowers and leaves. Coloured lithograph, c. 1862, after W. Fitch.