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  • Magnolia flower, Ehret
  • Magnolia 'Black Diamond'
  • Magnolia / McFerran, Shallcross & Co.
  • Magnolia / McFerran, Shallcross & Co.
  • China: magnolia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • China: magnolia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • White magnolia blossom and seed pod, 1731
  • Hagan's Magnolia Balm; A liquid preparation for the complexion
  • A magnolia: flowering stem. Coloured pencil drawing by H. Paw.
  • Eight plants, including an orchid, a magnolia and a cactus: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
  • A Magnolia species: flowering stem with labelled floral segments, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by G. D. Ehret, c.1737, after himself.
  • Magnolia stellata (Siebold & Zuch.) Maxim. Magnoliaceae. Star magnolia. Small flowering tree. Distribution: Japan. Named for the French botanist and physician, Pierre Magnol (1638-1715), Professor of Botany and Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Montpelier. Charles Plumier (1646-1704) named a tree on Martinique after him (Magnolia) and the name was continued by Linnaeus (1753). No medicinal use. This is a very ancient genus of flowering plants. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Huru (Hura crepitans L.) and bull bay (Magnolia grandiflora L.): detailed flower and fruit segments with description. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.
  • A swelling red flower on a spiky stem; representing feelings of love and joy. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1967.
  • A swelling red flower on a spiky stem; representing feelings of love and joy. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1967.
  • China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
  • China
  • Colombia: a covered passage providing a prospect of the Cordillera mountains across a ravine. Coloured etching by C. Empson, 1836.
  • Theory of diseases treated with cassia twig and rhubarb
  • Tongue diagnosis chart: Red tongue with pale black centre