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  • Tulipa hybrid
  • Primula sieboldii 'Long Acre hybrids'
  • DNA probe for human/hamster hybrid DNA
  • An orchid hybrid (Brassavola x Cattleya "Edwin Wheeler"): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1908.
  • An orchid hybrid (Laelia x Cattleya "Kate"): flowering stem and leaves. Watercolour.
  • An orchid hybrid (Laelia x Cattleya luminosa): flowering stem and leaves. Watercolour, 1907.
  • Harry Wheatcroft's rose offer : 6 hybrid teas (cat. value 50'6) 29'6.
  • Harry Wheatcroft's rose offer : 6 hybrid teas (cat. value 50'6) 29'6.
  • An orchid hybrid (Laelia x Cattleya "Lady Mary Measures"): flowering stem and leaves. Watercolour, 1907.
  • Three hybrids of the Australian fuchsia plant (Correa species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph, c. 1856.
  • Two physiognomies showing hybrids of man and ox. Drawing, c. 1789, after C. Le Brun.
  • Rosa damascena Mill. Rosaceae Distribution: Garden origin. A hybrid between R. gallica and R. moschata.. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • A good servant, represented as a hybrid creature combining a man, a pig, an ass and a deer, carrying cleaning implements and having a padlocked mouth. Engraving after J. Hoskins.
  • A good servant, represented as a hybrid creature combining a man, a pig, an ass and a deer, carrying cleaning implements and having a padlocked mouth. Engraving, 1749, after J. Hoskins.
  • Diagram of the composition of the germ-plasm in hybrids, fig. 22 in chapter 'The Phenomena of Reversion', p. 303 The Germ-Plasm: A Theory of Heredity by August Weismann, London, Walter Scott, 1893
  • A hybrid of a cannon and a clyster is attended by General Georges Mouton and Gabriel Delessert, the chief of police; representing their use of the water-cannon to dispel an uprising. Coloured lithograph.
  • Helleborus x hybridus Hort. Ex Vilmorin Ranunculaceae. A range of hybrids from Helleborus orientalis the Oriental hellebore. Distribution: Europe through to the Caucasus. All very poisonous. Culpeper (1650) says: “The roots (boiled in vinegar) ... be an admirable remedy against inveterate scabs, itch and leprosy, the same helps the toothache, being held in the mouth
  • Polygonatum x hybridum Brugger Convalliariaceae. Hybrid Solomon's Seal (P. multiflorum x P. odoratum) It has the RHS Award of Garden Merit. Rhizomatous herbaceous perennial. Distribution: Garden plant whose parents come from Europe and Asia. Dioscorides (70 AD ex Beck, 2005) reports that Polygonatum is good for wounds if a poultice is applied, and that it also removes facial blemishes. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Helleborus x hybridus Hort. Ex Vilmorin Ranunculaceae. A range of hybrids from Helleborus orientalis the Oriental hellebore. Distribution: Europe through to the Caucasus. All very poisonous. Culpeper (1650) says: “The roots (boiled in vinegar) ... be an admirable remedy against inveterate scabs, itch and leprosy, the same helps the toothache, being held in the mouth: dropped into the ears, helpeth deafness coming of melancholy and noises in the ears
  • Report of the Third International Conference 1906 on Genetics : hybridisation (the cross-breeding of genera or species), the cross-breeding of varieties, and general plant-breeding / edited by W. Wilks.
  • Report of the Third International Conference 1906 on Genetics : hybridisation (the cross-breeding of genera or species), the cross-breeding of varieties, and general plant-breeding / edited by W. Wilks.
  • Die Mutationstheorie : Versuche und Beobachtungen über die Entstehung von Arten im Pflanzenreich / von Hugo de Vries.
  • engraving of a animal part camel, part deer
  • Bee Larkspur (Delphinium sp. var.): flowering stem with separate labelled floral segments. Engraving by J. Caldwall, c.1805, after P. Henderson.
  • Toadflax (Linaria sp. var.): flowering stem with separate labelled floral segments. Engraving by Warner, c.1801, after P.Henderson.
  • A branch of a Prunus cultivar bearing both peaches and nectarines. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1810.
  • Lung: lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis (LIP)
  • A lakeside village scene with lombardy poplar trees (Populus nigra cv. Italica) growing by the water's edge. Lithograph after G. Barnard, 1848.
  • Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis (LIP) and HIV
  • Two types of pitcher plants (Sarracenia species): flowers and leaves. Chromolithograph, c. 1886, after H. Moon.