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  • The power of movement in plants / Assisted by Francis Darwin.
  • The power of movement in plants / Assisted by Francis Darwin.
  • The movements and habits of climbing plants / by Charles Darwin, F.R.S.
  • Emma Hamilton in an attitude towards a mimosa plant, causing it to demonstrate sensibility. Stipple engraving by R. Earlom, 1789, after G. Romney.
  • Emma Hamilton in an attitude towards a mimosa plant, causing it to demonstrate sensibility. Stipple engraving by R. Earlom, 1789, after G. Romney.
  • Chinese Materia Medica illustration, Ming: Cassia blossom
  • Podophyllum peltatum (American mandrake). Also known as 'May apple'.
  • Inula helenium L. Asteraceae. Elecampine, Elecampane, Enulae campinae Distribution: Britain, S. Europe to the Himalayas. Used medicinally for 2,000 years. Culpeper (1650) writes ‘Elecampane, is ... wholesome for the stomach, resists poison, helps old coughs and shortness of breath, helps ruptures and provokes lust
  • John Coakley Lettsom, physician, with his family, in the garden of Grove Hill, Camberwell.