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  • Peach (Prunus species): fruiting branch with halved fruit and seed. Colour aquatint by B. Rosaspina after D. del Pino, 1825.
  • Plum (Prunus species): fruiting branch with partly peeled fruit. Colour stipple engraving by A. Verico, c. 1817, after D. del Pino.
  • A nectarine (Prunus persica var. nectarina): fruiting stem and section of fruit. Coloured zincograph by C. Rosenberg, c. 1850, after himself.
  • The flat peach of China (Prunus persica cv.): fruiting branch, flowers and cut fruit. Coloured etching by W. Hooker, c. 1820.
  • Cherry laurel (prunus laurocerasus. Family: Rosaceae) : Extil tablets relieve nasal and respiratory congestion.
  • Cherry laurel (prunus laurocerasus. Family: Rosaceae) : Extil tablets relieve nasal and respiratory congestion.
  • Peach (Prunus species): fruiting branch with halved fruit and seed. Colour stipple engraving by L. Giarrè, c. 1817, after D. del Pino.
  • Sloe or blackthorn (Prunus spinosa L.): flowering stem with separate fruit and segments of flower and fruit, also a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.
  • Prunus mume Siebold & Zucc. Rosaceae Chinese Plum, Japanese Apricot. Distribution: Eastern Asia. The fruit is used to flavour alcohol and used as a digestive to improve appetite. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Prunu Persica (Peach)
  • Prunnus Insititia (Damson)
  • Eight flowering plants, possibly including species of Hosta, Primula, and a daylily. Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • De historia stirpium commentarii insignes: prunes.
  • Seven plants, including a lupin and peach: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1833.
  • Seven plants, including four orchids and a fuchsia: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1835.
  • Ten seedlings with different types of cotyledon or seed leaves. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
  • Aucuba japonica 'Rosannie'