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  • Eight plants, including an orchid, a magnolia and a cactus: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
  • Iris, Aesculapius and Flora routing death. Mezzotint by J.J. Haid, 1737, after J.W. Baumgartner.
  • A plantation of cochineal cacti (Nopalea cochenillifera) with workers gathering and preparing cochineal. Engraving.
  • Turk's cap cactus (Melocactus communis): flowering plant. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1800, after J. Ihle.
  • A thicket of cactus (Cereus dyckii) in Guatemala. Wood engraving, c. 1867.
  • Cochineal cactus (Nopalea cochenillifera) with insects that feed on it, including the cochineal insect (Dactylopius coccus). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1801, after J. Ihle.
  • Seven plants, including a lupin and an aster: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1833.
  • Agriculture: men gathering insects from cactus plants, then processing them. Engraving.
  • Eight plants, including two orchids and two hawthorns: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia species): stem and flowers. Aquatint, c.1823.
  • Seven plants, including two orchids and a poppy: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1833.
  • A prickly pear (Opuntia species): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1800, after J. Ihle.
  • A flowering cactus, possibly a night-flowering cactus (Epiphyllum species). Coloured etching, c. 1815.
  • Workers harvesting sago in a tropical wooded glade with a bilimbi tree, a sago palm, a durian tree and a pepper plant. Engraving, c. 1777.
  • Seven plants, including two orchids and a cactus: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • Seven plants, including two cacti (Echinocactus species): flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • Seven plants, including three orchids and two cacti: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • Five large cacti and a sweet potato plant (Ipomoea batatas) in a tropical landscape. Etching, c. 1671.
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