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  • A flowering shrub, possibly Dipelta. Watercolour.
  • Five different Cape lily plants (Crinum species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph.
  • Seven different types of sage (Salvia species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph.
  • Five flowers from different types of nerine lily (Nerine species). Coloured lithograph.
  • Seven different types of sage (Salvia species): flowering stems and leaves. Coloured lithograph.
  • A display of ornate plantpots and a large vase on a pedestal. Etching with engraving by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.
  • Chinese lantern (Physalis alkekengi): fruiting stem. Watercolour by B. Bird.
  • Jasmine (Jasminum officinale L.): flowering stem with floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H. Hemerich, c.1759, after T. Sheldrake.
  • Jasmine (Jasminum species): flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • Five plants, possibly pinks (Dianthus species): flowering stems. Watercolour.
  • Four types of hellebore (Helleborus species): flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured lithograph.
  • Four plants, possibly pinks (Dianthus species): flowering stems. Watercolour.
  • A pink (Dianthus species): flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • Two plants, one a pink (Dianthus species): flowering stems. Watercolour.
  • Passion flower (Passiflora alata): flowering stem. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).
  • A dayflower (Commelina species): flowering stem with separate flower. Watercolour.
  • Pride-of-India, queen flower or pyinma (Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.): branch with leaves and flowers.
  • Alkanet (Anchusa tinctoria L.): flowering stem with separate leaf and floral segments and description of the plant and its medicinal uses. Coloured line engraving by C. H. Hemerich, c. 1759, after T. Sheldrake.
  • An ornate vase and pedestal with a man and woman making axe sheaths carved in relief on the side. Etching by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.
  • A plant, possibly a Roscoea species: flowering and leafy stems with thick, fleshy roots. Watercolour.
  • A plant (Delphinium cashmerianum Royle): flowering stem with floral segments. Coloured lithograph by M. Gauci, c. 1833, after Vishupersaud.
  • A rose (Rosa species): flowering stem and cut flower. Watercolour.
  • A plant, possibly a Roscoea species: flowers, leaves and roots. Watercolour.
  • Two flowering roses (Rosa species) and two other unidentified plants. Watercolour.
  • A plant, possibly a Roscoea species: flowers, leaves and roots. Watercolour.
  • Rose-of-Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus): flowering stem. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).
  • One flowering rose (Rosa species) and two other unidentified plants. Watercolour.
  • Passion flower (Passiflora species): flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • A species of orchid: flowering plant with traces of surrounding vegetation. Chromolithograph by E.Vouga, c.1883, after herself.
  • Australian fuchsia (Correa rufa): flowering stem with floral segments. Engraving, c.1800, after P. J. Redouté.