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  • Tellima grandiflora (Pursh)Lindl. Saxifragaceae Distribution: Western North America from Alaska to California. The Native American Skagit tribe from Washington State, used it to improve appetite. The Nitinaht used it to stop having dreams of sexual intercourse with the dead (Moerman, 1998), Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Four flowering plants, one possibly a Hydrangea species. Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • A species of the genus Chrysosplenium: flowering plant in earth mound. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Itea virginica L.: flowering stem with separate, labelled floral segments. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.
  • A mock orange plant (Philadelphus coronarius): flowering branch. Coloured lithograph by B. Chirat, c. 1850, after himself.
  • Saxifrage or rockfoil (Saxifraga rotundifolia): flowering and fruiting plant rising from earth mound with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Saxifrage or rockfoil (Saxifraga sp.): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Two flowering plants: primroses (Primula species) and saxifrages (Saxifraga species). Coloured lithographs by E. Champin, c. 1850, after herself.
  • Saxifrage or rockfoil (Saxifraga sp.): flowering stems growing from wall with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia palustris L.): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Saxifrage or rockfoil (Saxifraga hirculus): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1802.
  • Saxifrage or rockfoil (Saxifraga nivalis): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1797.
  • Saxifrage or rockfoil (Saxifraga umbrosa): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1799.
  • Saxifrage or rockfoil (Saxifraga platypetala): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1811.
  • Saxifrage or rockfoil (Saxifraga hirta): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1811.
  • Saxifrage or rockfoil (Saxifraga hypnoides): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1798.
  • Four British garden plants, including a clematis: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • Seven garden plants, including two orchids: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1835.
  • Eight plants, including three orchids and a rose: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • Two flowering plants: meadow saxifrage (Saxifraga granulata) and wall pepper or stonecrop (Sedum acre).
  • Tiarella 'Pinwheel'
  • Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.
  • Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.
  • Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.
  • Heuchera 'Silver Scrolls'