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  • Fifteen different forms of plant root and two anatomical sections. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.
  • A plant (Cyperus species): rootstock with young shoot. Aquatint.
  • A plant with creeping tuberous root and large globose fruit. Watercolour.
  • A flowering plant stem,, a bunch of yellow fruit and a seedling with tap root. Watercolour.
  • Five roots of different forms: spindle-shaped (carrot), fibrous (grass), beet-shaped (radish), tuberous (water hemlock), and onion-shaped (onion). Chromolithograph by H.J. Ruprecht, 1877.
  • Two examples of different root systems: a denticulate primrose rootstock and a creeping couch grass root. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.
  • A plant of the Leguminosae family: two flowering stems with separate flowers. Watercolour.
  • Botanical classification; 227 figures of plant anatomical segments with descriptive text. Colour process print (?).
  • Trunk and roots of a pine tree cut to show growth rings; microscopic views of wood cells in longitudinal and transverse section and of a root tip. Chromolithograph by H.J. Ruprecht, 1877.
  • Cassava or tapioca plant (Manihot esculenta): leafy stem and tuberous roots. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1809.
  • Solomon's seal (Polygonatum multiflorum): rootstock. Watercolour.
  • A plant, possibly a Roscoea species: flowering and leafy stems with thick, fleshy roots. Watercolour.
  • A plant, possibly a Roscoea species: flowers, leaves and roots. Watercolour.
  • A Solomon's seal plant (Polygonatum species): flowering stem, root and fruit cluster. Watercolour.
  • A plant, possibly a Roscoea species: flowers, leaves and roots. Watercolour.
  • Two plants: leafy stems, one with bulb and flower. Watercolour.
  • Various stem forms, including bulbs and roots. Watercolour by I. Sawkins.
  • A radish (Raphanus species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • A radish (Raphanus species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • A radish (Raphanus species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • Parsnip (Pastinaca species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • Parsnip (Pastinaca species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • A radish (Raphanus species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius): flowering stem, root and leaf. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1810, after S. Edwards.
  • A radish (Raphanus species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • Leadwort or plumbago (Plumbago europaea L.): flowering stem with separate rooting stem and fruit cluster. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • A radish (Raphanus species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • Turnip (Brassica rapa): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • A radish (Raphanus species): root and leaves. Watercolour.