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  • White bryony (Bryonia dioica): flowering plant. Woodcut.
  • Opium lettuce (Lactuca virosa): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • Three flowering plants, including coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara), common rue (Ruta graveolens), and a legume. Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • Two white roses, in a still-life. Watercolour by J.D.(?), 1885.
  • Chinese lantern (Physalis alkekengi): fruiting stem. Watercolour by B. Bird.
  • Rose (Rosa species): flowers and leaves. Pencil drawing.
  • A type of bindweed (Convolvulus pannifolius): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured lithograph.
  • Richea glauca: flowering stem with floral segments. Engraving, c.1798, after P. J. Redouté after J. Piron.
  • Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant (fennel) with seed-pods resembling the crest of a bird, and (below) a bird's head. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.
  • Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum): leaves and fruits. Pen drawing, partially coloured.
  • Moschatel or townhall clock (Adoxa moschatellina L.): entire flowering plant with floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • The herball or, generall historie of plantes / Gathered by John Gerarde.
  • Five orchids, all species of the genus Maxillaria: flowering stems. Coloured lithograph.
  • Passion flower (Passiflora species): twining stem with flowers and fruit. Pen drawing.
  • Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare): entire flowering plant. Watercolour.
  • A torch lily (Kniphofia alooides): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1799, after H. Andrews.
  • Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis): fruiting branch. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1796, after J. Ihle.
  • Six flowering plants, one possibly a pink (Dianthus species) and one an Anthriscus species. Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • Autumn leaves of hawthorn (Crataegus). Watercolour drawing.
  • Custard apple (Annona triloba): fruiting and flowering branch and seed. Coloured etching by I. Barlow after J. Rysbrack.
  • Cineraria aurita: flowering stem and floral segments. Line engraving by F. Hubert, c. 1788, after P. J. Redouté.
  • Cotton plant (Gossypium species): flowering stem. Watercolour by J.E.F.
  • Capers (Caparis spinosa): flowering stem. Watercolour by J. E. F.
  • Fifteen examples of different types of flower calyx, including five types of pappus. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
  • A fern frond, leaves and grasses framing a rectangular space. Nature print.
  • A plant (Hyoscyamus aureus): flowering stem and floral segments. Watercolour by G. D. Ehret, 1736.
  • A mass of filamentous green algae, possibly a Spirogyra species. Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.
  • Rose stem with autumn leaves. Watercolour drawing.
  • An experimental device for measuring the calorific changes in a growing plant [?]. Engraving.
  • An anemone (Anemone alba): flowering plant. Coloured engraving by Weddell, c. 1820, after J. Curtis.