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  • Japanese clover (Lespedeza sp.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate leaf, flower, fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Rye (Secale species): plant stems with seedheads. Watercolour.
  • A coffee tree (Coffea species), nutmeg plant (Myristica fragrans) and cashew nut tree (Anacardium occidentale): flowers and fruit. Coloured engraving, c. 1827.
  • Smoking tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • Rye (Secale sp.): entire flowering plant with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata L.): large leafy head with separate flowering stem, opened fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Ergot fungus infection in wheat
  • A plant (Crambe hispanica L.): flowering stem with separate root and floral segments. Coloured etching by M.Bouchard, 177-.
  • Hop pickers at work. Wood-engraving, c. 1843 (?).
  • Hops being cut down and harvested: six scenes. Sepia aquatint by W.H. Pyne, ca. 1804.
  • Six British wild flowers, including three types of trefoil (Lotus species). Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.
  • Seedheads of pasture grass (Holcus sp.), millet (Panicum sp.) and rice (Oryza sativa). Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1780.
  • Yellow mustard (Sinapis alba L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate root, floral segments, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.): fruiting stem with separate flower and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Lucerne or alfalfa plant (Medicago sativa): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1904.
  • Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.): flowering stem with separate pod and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Hops being cut down and harvested in the field. Aquatint, c. 1786.
  • Two sparrows pecking at a seedhead of corn. Watercolour.
  • Turnip or sarson (Brassica rapa L.): root, leaf, flowers, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Barnyard millet (Echinochloa frumentacea): seedheads and leafy stem. Watercolour.
  • Indian mustard or rai (Brassica juncea (L.) Czerniak.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.
  • Rape (Brassica napus): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1810.
  • Rape or colza (Brassica napus L.): entire flowering plant with separate fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.