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  • Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Alkanet (Anchusa tinctoria L.): flowering stem with separate leaf and floral segments and description of the plant and its medicinal uses. Coloured line engraving by C. H. Hemerich, c. 1759, after T. Sheldrake.
  • Fame flower (Talinum fruticosum (L.) Juss.): two sections of the flowering stem with separate flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Dittander (Lepidium latifolium L.): flowering and fruiting stem with root and separate segments of flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Good King Henry (Chenopodium bonus-henricus): flowering stem and leaves. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
  • A chinese apple-like fruit known as Li zhi: three fruiting stems. Watercolour.
  • Bogbean or buckbean (Menyanthes trifoliata L.): flowering and leafy stems with part of rhizome. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • Saltbush (Atriplex microsperma): flowering stem with separate root and floral segments. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.
  • A plant (Gundelia tournefortii): flowering stem and floral segments. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.
  • Autumn leaves and fruits of bramble (Rubus species). Watercolour drawings.
  • A chilli pepper (Capsicum annum) and a separate leafy stem. Watercolour.
  • A fig plant (Ficus carica var.): fruiting stem and leaf. Coloured lithograph, c. 1869, after W. Fitch.
  • Fig (Ficus carica L.): fruit and leaves. Colour and coloured aquatint by G. Pera, c. 1825, after P. Tofani.
  • Fig (Ficus carica L.): leaf and fruit. Coloured aquatint by G. Pera, c.1825, after O. Muzzi.
  • A radish (Raphanus species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • A radish (Raphanus species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • A pear (Pyrus species): flowering branch. Watercolour.
  • A radish (Raphanus species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • Parsnip (Pastinaca species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • A plant (Sterculia nobilis Smith.): flowering and fruiting branch with separate numbered flower sections. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
  • Parsnip (Pastinaca species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • A radish (Raphanus species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • A radish (Raphanus species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • A radish (Raphanus species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • Turnip (Brassica rapa): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • A bean plant, possibly a Phaseolus species: flowering and fruiting stems. Watercolour.
  • Bracken plants (Pteridium aquilinum): both young and old fronds. Watercolour.
  • A radish (Raphanus species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • A radish (Raphanus species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • A radish (Raphanus species): root and leaves. Watercolour.