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  • Vaccinium corymbosum L. Ericaceae Bilberry. Deciduous shrub. Distribution: North America. The berries are eaten and rich in Vitamin C. Native Americans used them as a dressing on acute erysipelas (Milspaugh, 1974). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Vaccinium corymbosum L. Ericaceae Bilberry. Deciduous shrub. Distribution: North America. The berries are eaten and rich in Vitamin C. Native Americans used them as a dressing on acute erysipelas (Milspaugh, 1974). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Common heather (Calluna vulgaris): flowering stem. Coloured nature print.
  • Bell heather (Erica species): flowering stem. Coloured nature print.
  • Rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum): flowering stem. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).
  • Tree sorrel or sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum): flowering stem. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1806, after S. Edwards.
  • Eight flowering plants, possibly including species of Stachyurus and Pieris. Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • Bilberry plant (Vaccinium myrtillus L.): flowering and fruiting stems with separate floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.
  • A flowering branch of rhododendron. Watercolour.
  • Three plants, including two fruiting branches of a holly (Ilex species) and an Andromeda species. Watercolour.
  • Madroen plant (?Arbutus menziesii), unknown plant and wild spanish wheat: fruiting heads. Line engraving by M. Pool after C. de Bruins, 1705.
  • Three types of heath plant (Erica species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph by C. Rosenberg, c. 1850, after himself.
  • Three flowering plants, including common heather (Calluna vulgaris) and an orchid (Orchidaceae species). Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.
  • A rhododendron (Rhododendron indicum): small flowering shrub in grassland. Watercolour.
  • Manzanita tree (Arctostaphylos pungens Kunth) in open landscape. Coloured lithograph, c.1857.
  • An Indian azalea (Rhododendron cultivar): flowering stem. Chromolithograph by L. Stroobant, c. 1863, after J. Vandamme.
  • An Indian azalea (Rhododendron cultivar): flowering stem. Chromolithograph by G. Severeyns, c. 1854, after J. Vandamme.
  • Ten flowering plants, including a rhododendron and a blood lily (Haemanthus species). Coloured transfer lithograph, c. 1833.
  • Mountain laurel or calico bush (Kalmia latifolia): flowering stem. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1811.
  • An azalea (Rhododendron species): flowering stem. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1872, after himself.
  • A rhododendron (Rhododendron species): flowering branch and gynoecium. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.
  • Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
  • Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • Four British garden plants, including a rhododendron: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1835.
  • Four British garden plants, including a rhododendron: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1835.
  • Four British garden plants, including a rhododendron: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • Four British garden plants, including daffodil and rhododendron: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1835.
  • Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
  • Seven British garden plants, including a rhododendron: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
  • St. Peter's wort, cassioberry bush, myrtle-leaved sumach and candleberry tree. Coloured engraving by H. Fletcher, c. 1730, after J. van Huysum.