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  • Asarabacca (Asarum europaeum L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments and cross-sections of the stem and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T. Sheldrake.
  • Honeysuckle (Lonicera species): plant with labels to describe the colouring technique. Coloured pen drawings.
  • Honeysuckle (Lonicera species): flowers and leaves. Watercolour and pen drawings.
  • Plante chef-tereck: flowering stem. Line engraving by M. Pool after C. de Bruins, 1705.
  • Honeysuckle (Lonicera species): flowering stem. Pencil drawing.
  • 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.
  • Camphor plant (Cinnamomum camphora): branch with leaves. Coloured pen drawing by S. Kawano.
  • Mecca balsam (Commiphora opobalsamum): entire young plant. Line engraving by J. Heath, c. 1804.
  • Pink (Dianthus): flowering stem with separate flower. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.
  • Alecost or costmary (Balsamita major Desf.): flowering stem with separate leaf and floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H. Hemerich, c.1759, after T. Sheldrake.
  • A mock orange plant (Philadelphus coronarius): flowering branch. Coloured lithograph by B. Chirat, c. 1850, after himself.
  • Pink (Dianthus petræus): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.
  • Honeysuckle (Lonicera species): three varieties. Coloured engraving by H. Fletcher after J. van Huysum.
  • Roots of ginger (Zingiber officinale) and of dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris). Watercolour.
  • Pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium) and creeping thyme (Thymus serpyllum): entire flowering plants. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • Sweet vernal grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum): seedhead and leafy stems. Coloured etching, c. 1805.
  • Honeysuckle or woodbine (Lonicera periclymenum): flowering stem and floral segments. Etching by J. Pass, c. 1814.
  • Two flowering plants: sage (Salvia officinalis) and meadow sage (Salvia pratensis). Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • Honeysuckle (Lonicera species) and jasmine (Jasminum species): flowering stems. Coloured engraving by H. Fletcher, c. 1730, after J. van Huysum.
  • Honeysuckle (Lonicera species) and jasmine (Jasminum species): flowering stems. Coloured engraving by H. Fletcher, c. 1730, after J. van Huysum.
  • Myrrhis annua: flowering and fruiting stems with separate flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • A damask rose (Rosa damascena): two flowering stems, one in outline only. Etching, c. 1787.
  • Camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora): flowering branch and floral segments. Chromolithograph, c. 1887, after W. Müller.
  • Sweet cicely (Myrrhis odorata (L.) Scop.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate rootstock and flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Cittwodi, Hawar or Manchingi (Dolichandrone falcata Seem.): branch with flower and pods, and separate sectioned pods and seeds. Coloured line engraving.
  • Oregano (Origanum vulgare) and ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea): entire flowering plants. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • A plant (Mimusops elengi): branch with leaves, flowers and fruit and sections of flower. Coloured line engraving.
  • Coronilla cretica L.: flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Damask rose (Rosa damascena "Italica"): flowering stem. Colour halftone after Victor, c.1824, after P. J. Redouté.
  • Damask (Hesperis matronalis L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate floral segments, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.