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  • Xiehao, an edible wild plant, Chinese woodcut
  • Cape shamrock or yellow sorrel (Oxalis corniculata L.): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured etching by M.Bouchard, 1772.
  • Four British wild flowers and fruit, including red currant (Ribes rubrum), black currant (Ribes nigrum) and gooseberry (Ribes uva-crispa). Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.
  • Good King Henry (Chenopodium bonus-henricus): flowering stem and leaves. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
  • Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • Bramble (Rubus fruticosus): flowering and fruiting stems with floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1830, after J. Sowerby.
  • Cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus): flowering stem, fruit and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1800.
  • Eight British wild flowers, including wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca), cinquefoils (Potentilla species) and water avens (Geum rivale). Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.
  • Four British wild flowers with fruit; dewberry, two brambles and cloudberry . Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.
  • Bramble (Rubus species): flowering and fruiting stems with leaf. Coloured engraving, c. 1829, after J. Sowerby.
  • Watercress (Nasturtium officinale): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1801.
  • Four flowering plants, including watercress (Nasturtium officinale). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Common sorrel (Rumex acetosa): flowering stem and separate roots. Partially coloured lithograph by F. Waller, c. 1863, after C. Gower.
  • Two species of marsh samphire plant (Salicornia species): leafy stems. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
  • A Bath asparagus plant (Ornithogalum pyrenaicum): entire flowering plant in two sections. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
  • A leek (Allium ampeloprasum) and sandleek (Allium scorodoprasum): flowerheads. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
  • Eight British wild flowers, including teasel (Dipsacus sativa), devil's bit scabious (Succisa pratensis) and sheep's bit scabious (Jasione montana). Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.
  • Five large cacti and a sweet potato plant (Ipomoea batatas) in a tropical landscape. Etching, c. 1671.
  • Three British fruit trees, sloe (Prunus spinosa), wild cherry (Prunus avium) and bird cherry (Prunus padus). Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.
  • Evening primrose (Oenothera biennis): flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • Round-headed garlic (Allium sphaerocephalon) and crow garlic (Allium vineale): flowering stems and bulbs. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
  • Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) and a garlic plant (Allium triquetrum): flowering stems and bulbs. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
  • Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.
  • Three papaya trees (Carica papaya) with lizards, dodos and a man hunting in an exotic, tropical landscape. Etching, c. 1671.
  • Mang niu'er miao, a wild plant, Chinese woodcut
  • Ciji cai (edible field thistle), Chinese woodcut
  • Famine Relief Herbal (1593): Edible amaranth
  • Jin gua'er (a kind of pumpkin), Chinese woodcut
  • Ru cao bian (Ming herbal), Preface
  • Physalis, Chinese woodcut, 1582