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  • Two plant cultivars: florist's cyclamens and mixed primulas. Chromolithograph, c. 1890.
  • Seven different cultivars of double-flowered primulas. Chromolithograph, c. 1890.
  • A collection of pears (Pyrus species). Colour and coloured engraving, c. 1817, after G. Brookshaw.
  • Orange lily (Lilium species): flowering stem. Coloured etching by J. Harris, c. 1805.
  • The Black Corinth grape (Vitis vinifera cv.): fruiting branch. Coloured etching by W. Clark, c. 1835, after W. Hooker.
  • A fruiting "Ingram's Frogmore Late Pine" strawberry plant (Fragaria cultivar). Coloured zincograph by J. Andrews, c. 1861, after himself.
  • The Common Hall Muscat grape (Vitis vinifera cv.): fruiting branch. Coloured etching, c. 1825, after Mrs. Withers.
  • A branch of a Prunus cultivar bearing both peaches and nectarines. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1810.
  • Two strawberry plants (Fragaria cultivars): fruit and flowers. Coloured aquatint, c. 1839.
  • Four cultivars of pear (Pyrus communis cv.): entire fruits. Coloured etching by W. Clark, c. 1835, after Lady Boughton.
  • Four cultivars of pear (Pyrus communis cv.): entire fruits. Coloured etching by W. Clark, c. 1835, after Mrs. Withers.
  • A wine apple (Malus pumila cv.): entire and sectioned fruit. Coloured etching with aquatint by J. & J. Parkin, c. 1836, after C. Harrison.
  • Horse-radish tree (Moringa oleifera Lam.): branch with flowers and separate flower, pods and seeds. Coloured line engraving.
  • The Malcarle apple (Malus pumila cv.): two entire and two sectioned fruit. Coloured etching by W. Clark, c. 1830, after Mrs. Withers.
  • Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth): branch with flowers and pods, separate flower, sectioned flower and seed. Coloured line engraving.
  • Braddick's American peach (Prunus persica cv.): fruiting branch, flowers and cut fruit. Coloured etching, c. 1812.
  • A càntaloupe' melon (Cucumis melo subsp. melo): one opened fruit and many fruits under cultivation. Chromolithograph, c. 1890.
  • The flat peach of China (Prunus persica cv.): fruiting branch, flowers and cut fruit. Coloured etching by W. Hooker, c. 1820.
  • A cultivar of garden pea (Pisum sativum) and of variegated kale (Brassica oleracea acephala). Chromolithograph, c. 1890.
  • Capsicum Annuum (Chilli pepper)
  • Helianthus annuus Greene Asteraceae. Sunflower, Marigold of Peru, Floure of the Sun. Distribution: Peru and Mexico. It was much recommended by Gerard (1633) who advises that the buds, covered in flour, boiled, and eaten with 'butter, vinegar and pepper, far surpass artichokes in procuring bodily lust’. Sadly, today only the seeds of sunflower are consumed, as the source of sunflower seed oil used in cooking. It contains mono and polyunsaturated fats, linoleic acid and oleic acid, and is low in saturated fats. As such it was thought to lower cholesterol and so the risk of heart disease, but it may increase the risk of breast and prostatic cancer. However a recent report BMJ2013
  • Chinese Materia medica, C17: Plant drugs, Thistles
  • Pollen grain, common morning glory (Ipomoea purpurea)
  • Chinese Materia Medica illustration, Ming: Huangqin
  • Asclepias syriaca (Pleurisy root)
  • Armand, a curator in a zoo, meets Mme Girard while a nanny looks after her child. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Canu, 1821.
  • Hypericum perforatum (St John's wort)
  • Sarcococca hookeriana var digyna
  • Ocimum basilicum (Basil) (Variety "Crispum")
  • Queen of the Liliputians : height 31 inches, age 26.