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Cotton plant (Gossypium species): flowering stem. Watercolour by J.E.F.
F. J. E.Reference: 22139i
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Jasmine (Jasminum officinale L.): flowering stem with floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H. Hemerich, c.1759, after T. Sheldrake.
Sheldrake, Timothy, active 1740-1770.Date: [1759]Reference: 18233i
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Common box tree (Buxus sempervirens L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H. Hemerich, c.1759, after T. Sheldrake.
Sheldrake, Timothy, active 1740-1770.Date: [1759]Reference: 18221i
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Michaelmas daisy (Aster amellus L.): flowering stem with separate leaves and floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H. Hemerich, c.1759, after T. Sheldrake.
Sheldrake, Timothy, active 1740-1770.Date: [1759]Reference: 18250i
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A Chinese plant known as "Ju": stem with leaves. Watercolour.
Reference: 22597i
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Wallflower (Cheiranthus cheiri L.): flowering stem with separate leaf and floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.
Sheldrake, Timothy, active 1740-1770.Date: [1759]Reference: 18247i
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Sloe or blackthorn (Prunus spinosa L.): flowering stem with separate fruit and segments of flower and fruit, also a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.
Sheldrake, Timothy, active 1740-1770.Date: [1759]Reference: 18236i
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Adder's tongue (Ophioglossum vulgatum L.): fertile stem with description of the plant and its medicinal uses. Coloured line engraving by J. Basire, the younger, c. 1759, after T. Sheldrake.
Sheldrake, Timothy, active 1740-1770.Date: [1759]Reference: 18156i
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Flax plant (Linum species): flowering stem. Watercolour.
Reference: 21970i
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Ginseng 'the divine herb' : the secrets of Chinese, Korean and Siberian ginseng / Frena Bloomfield.
Davidson, Frena Gray.Date: 1987
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Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.): rootstock, shoot, flower and fruit and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H. Hemerich, c.1759, after T. Sheldrake.
Sheldrake, Timothy, active 1740-1770.Date: [1759]Reference: 18161i
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Binge Britain : alcohol and the national response / Martin Plant, Moira Plant.
Plant, Martin A.Date: 2006
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Hyssop (Hyssop officinalis L.): flowering stem with separate leaves and floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H. Hemerich, c.1759, after T. Sheldrake.
Sheldrake, Timothy, active 1740-1770.Date: [1759]Reference: 18231i
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Phytotherapy : a guide to the use of medicinal plants.
Date: [1994?]
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Alkanet (Anchusa tinctoria L.): flowering stem with separate leaf and floral segments and description of the plant and its medicinal uses. Coloured line engraving by C. H. Hemerich, c. 1759, after T. Sheldrake.
Sheldrake, Timothy, active 1740-1770.Date: [1759]Reference: 18159i
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An unidentified plant, possibly a carrot species. Watercolour.
Reference: 22736i
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Creeping thyme (Thymus serpyllum L.): flowering stem with separate root and floral segments, also a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H. Hemerich, c.1759, after T. Sheldrake.
Sheldrake, Timothy, active 1740-1770.Date: [1759]Reference: 18237i
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Aromatherapy : the use of plant essences in healing / by Raymond Lautié with the collaboration of André Passebecq ; translated from the French by Geoffrey A. Dudley.
Lautié, Raymond.Date: [1979]
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A plant, possibly balsam apple (Momordica balsamina): fruiting stem. Watercolour by Depaoli.
Depaoli.Reference: 22333i
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Women and alcohol : contemporary and historical perspectives / Moira Plant.
Plant, Moira.Date: [1997]
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Alecost or costmary (Balsamita major Desf.): flowering stem with separate leaf and floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H. Hemerich, c.1759, after T. Sheldrake.
Sheldrake, Timothy, active 1740-1770.Date: [1759]Reference: 18226i
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What have plants ever done for us? : western civilization in fifty plants / Stephen Harris.
Harris, Stephen, 1966-Date: 2015
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Coffee plant (Coffea arabica): fruiting stem. Watercolour, c.1823.
Reference: 22152i
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Coffee plant (Coffea arabica): flowering and fruiting stem. Watercolour.
Reference: 22151i
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Phytochemistry of plants used in traditional medicine / edited by K. Hostettmann [and others].
Date: 1995

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Cotton plant (Gossypium species): flowering stem. Watercolour by J.E.F.

Jasmine (Jasminum officinale L.): flowering stem with floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H. Hemerich, c.1759, after T. Sheldrake.

Common box tree (Buxus sempervirens L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H. Hemerich, c.1759, after T. Sheldrake.

Michaelmas daisy (Aster amellus L.): flowering stem with separate leaves and floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H. Hemerich, c.1759, after T. Sheldrake.

A Chinese plant known as "Ju": stem with leaves. Watercolour.

Wallflower (Cheiranthus cheiri L.): flowering stem with separate leaf and floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.

Sloe or blackthorn (Prunus spinosa L.): flowering stem with separate fruit and segments of flower and fruit, also a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.

Adder's tongue (Ophioglossum vulgatum L.): fertile stem with description of the plant and its medicinal uses. Coloured line engraving by J. Basire, the younger, c. 1759, after T. Sheldrake.

Flax plant (Linum species): flowering stem. Watercolour.

Ginseng 'the divine herb' : the secrets of Chinese, Korean and Siberian ginseng / Frena Bloomfield.

Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.): rootstock, shoot, flower and fruit and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H. Hemerich, c.1759, after T. Sheldrake.

Binge Britain : alcohol and the national response / Martin Plant, Moira Plant.

Hyssop (Hyssop officinalis L.): flowering stem with separate leaves and floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H. Hemerich, c.1759, after T. Sheldrake.

Phytotherapy : a guide to the use of medicinal plants.

Alkanet (Anchusa tinctoria L.): flowering stem with separate leaf and floral segments and description of the plant and its medicinal uses. Coloured line engraving by C. H. Hemerich, c. 1759, after T. Sheldrake.

An unidentified plant, possibly a carrot species. Watercolour.

Creeping thyme (Thymus serpyllum L.): flowering stem with separate root and floral segments, also a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H. Hemerich, c.1759, after T. Sheldrake.

Aromatherapy : the use of plant essences in healing / by Raymond Lautié with the collaboration of André Passebecq ; translated from the French by Geoffrey A. Dudley.

A plant, possibly balsam apple (Momordica balsamina): fruiting stem. Watercolour by Depaoli.

Women and alcohol : contemporary and historical perspectives / Moira Plant.

Alecost or costmary (Balsamita major Desf.): flowering stem with separate leaf and floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H. Hemerich, c.1759, after T. Sheldrake.

What have plants ever done for us? : western civilization in fifty plants / Stephen Harris.

Coffee plant (Coffea arabica): fruiting stem. Watercolour, c.1823.

Coffee plant (Coffea arabica): flowering and fruiting stem. Watercolour.

Phytochemistry of plants used in traditional medicine / edited by K. Hostettmann [and others].