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  • Knawel plant (Scleranthus perennis): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.
  • Six flowering plants, all types of chickweed, stitchwort or starwort (Stellaria species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Picotees or carnations (Dianthus caryophyllus): flowers from two different cultivars. Coloured lithograph, c. 1850.
  • Three flowering plants: a pink (Dianthus species), a Potentilla and an Anagallis species. Coloured aquatint by D. Hayes, c. 1849.
  • Knawel plant (Scleranthus perennis): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.
  • Two varieties of pinks (Dianthus cultivars): flowers and buds. Coloured etching by D. Hayes, c. 1844.
  • Sandwort (Arenaria verna): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1830, after J. Sowerby.
  • Seven flowering plants: all types of mouse-ear chickweed (Cerastium species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Four British garden plants: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1835.
  • Campion (Silene catholica): two sections of flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
  • Pink (Dianthus petræus): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.
  • Three flowers from different cultivars of picotee (Dianthus caryophyllus) Coloured zincograph by C. Rosenberg, c. 1850, after himself.
  • Seven plants, including four orchids and a campion: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.
  • Drypis spinosa L.: flowering stem with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Soapwort (Saponaria officinalis) and pasque-flower (Pulsatilla vulgaris): flowering stems. Chromolithograph, c. 1877, after F. E. Hulme.
  • A carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus) and hollyhock (Alcea rosea): flowering stems. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Five examples of different plant stems: a crow-foot, pilewort, onion, cuckoo flower and sheep's fescue plant. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.
  • Seven garden plants, including an iris: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
  • Four examples of single flowers: a deadly nightshade, thorn apple, periwinkle and wallflower. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.
  • A sandwort plant (Arenaria serpyllifolia) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • A chickweed plant (Cerastium quaternellum) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • A campion plant (Silene gallica) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • A sand spurrey plant (Spergularia media) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • Chickweed or stitchwort plant (Stellaria graminea) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • Chickweed plant (Cerastium glomeratum) with two associated wasps and their anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • Knawel plant (Scleranthus annuus) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • A campion plant (Silene cucubalus) with an associated moth, its caterpillar and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • Saponaria officinalis 'Alba Plena'
  • A wolf walking towards a dog and away from a sheep, surrounded by various flowers and insects. Engraving by P. Williamson, 1663, after W. Hollar.