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  • Schoolgirls cleaning teeth with neem twigs in India
  • Birch (Betula species): twigs and catkins. Pen and pencil drawings.
  • Oak (Quercus species): leaves and twigs. Pen drawing, partially coloured.
  • Acorns and twigs of oak (Quercus species). Pen, pencil and watercolour drawings.
  • Leaves and twigs of elm (Ulmus) and privet (Ligustrum). Watercolour and pencil drawings.
  • Leaves and twigs of lilac (Syringa), box (Buxus) and alder (Alnus). Watercolour, pencil and pen drawings.
  • Common beech (Fagus sylvatica) and Spanish chestnut (Castanea sativa): leafy and flowering twigs. Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Four twigs with catkins, all from named types of poplar or aspen (Populus species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Oak (Quercus robur), hazel (Corylus avellana) and hornbeam (Carpinus betulus): fruiting and flowering twigs. Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • A Russian bathhouse: men and women bathing in the steam and invigorating each other with bundles of twigs. Colour aquatint by E.M. Korneev, 1811/1813.
  • A man chopping twigs on a wooden block, perhaps as fuel (?) for an oven used in processing harvested tea. Gouache by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
  • Theory of diseases treated with cassia twig decoction
  • Theory of diseases treated with cassia twig and rhubarb
  • Theory of diseases treated with cassia twig & monkshood root
  • Hazel twig (Corylus avellana) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • A hawthorn twig (Crataegus species) with an associated butterfly, its caterpillar, chrysalis and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • A Sinhalese four armed devil called Calloo Coomare, wearing a headdress of snakes and holding a cockeral, twig with leaves, sword and a small club in his hands. Gouache painting by a Sri Lankan artist.
  • A Sinhalese demon, Coomar, with one leg wrapped around a man, clutching an earring (?) with one hand and holding a twig and a cockerel with his other. Gouache painting by a Sri Lankan artist.
  • Leaves of birch (Betula species). Pen drawing with pencil.
  • A winged, blindfolded woman; representing avarice. Engraving by G. Pencz.
  • Autumn leaves of alder (Alnus species). Watercolour drawing.
  • A fruiting tree branch and enlarged single pod. Watercolour.
  • Autumn leaves of a beech tree (Fagus species) and two unidentified leafy stems. Watercolour.
  • A fruiting tree branch with a small section enlarged and a fruit with some seeds extracted. Watercolour.
  • Three plants, including two fruiting branches of a holly (Ilex species) and an Andromeda species. Watercolour.
  • Yew (Taxus species): leafy stem with fruits. Watercolour.
  • A branch of holly (Ilex species), five mushrooms and some pine needles. Watercolour.
  • Two plants, a fruiting branch of a maidenhair tree (Ginkgo biloba) and a liane stem. Watercolour.
  • Golden-leaved alder (Alnus species): leafy shoot. Chromolithograph, c. 1870, after H. Briscoe.
  • A hazel or filbert plant (Corylus species): fruiting branch with separate nut and leaf. Watercolour.