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Two plants in the Caryophyllaceae family: flowering stems. Watercolour.
Reference: 23070i- Pictures
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A plant in the Caryophyllaceae family: two flowering stems. Watercolour.
Reference: 23069i- Pictures
A plant in the Caryophyllaceae family: flowering stem in two sections. Watercolour.
Reference: 23071i- Pictures
Two plants from the Capparidaceae and Caryophyllaceae families: flowering and fruiting stems. Watercolour.
Reference: 23062i- Digital Images
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Dianthus caryophyllus L. Caryophyllaceae Carnation, clove-gilliflowers - Mediterranean Culpeper (1650) writes that ‘Clove-gilliflowers, resist the pestilence, strengthen the heart, liver and stomach, and provokes lust.’ They smell strongly of cloves, and an oil made from the petals is used in perfumery, soaps etc. The petals are sometimes used as a garnish for salads. In herbal medicine they are used to make a tonic. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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Three-nerved sandwort (Arenaria trinervis): flowering plant. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.
Bradbury, Henry, 1831-1860.Date: [c. 1867]Reference: 23665i- Pictures
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A campion plant (Silene species): flowering stem. Watercolour.
Reference: 23625i- Pictures
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Three flowering plants, one possibly a pink (Dianthus species). Watercolour, c. 1870.
Date: 1870Reference: 28554i- Pictures
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Three flowering plants, one possibly a pink (Dianthus species) and one a Gypsophila. Watercolour, c. 1870.
Date: 1870Reference: 28584i- Pictures
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Rupturewort or herniary (Herniaria glabra 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: 18249i- Pictures
A campion plant (Silene species): flowering stem. Watercolour.
Reference: 23073i- Pictures
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Rose campion (Lychnis fulgens): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured lithograph by Burggraaff, c. 1830, after G. Severeyns.
Severeyns, G., approximately 1850-approximately 1890.Date: [1827-1836]Reference: 25324i- Pictures
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Six flowering plants, one possibly a pink (Dianthus species) and one an Anthriscus species. Watercolour, c. 1870.
Date: 1870Reference: 28588i- Pictures
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Seven flowering plants, one possibly a kingcup and six pinks (Dianthus species). Watercolour, c. 1870.
Date: 1870Reference: 28620i- Books
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Caroli Augusti à Bergen ... Epistola de alchimilla supina eiusque coccis. Ad virum nobilissimum atque celeberrimum Franciscum Ernestum bruckmannum, medicum apud Guelpherbytos clarissimum / [Karl August von Bergen].
Bergen, Carl August von, 1704-1759?Date: 1748- Pictures
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Two plants, possibly pinks (Dianthus species): flowering stems. Watercolour.
Reference: 23437i- Pictures
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A plant, possibly a pink (Dianthus species): two flowering stems. Watercolour.
Reference: 23439i- Pictures
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Chickweed (Cerastium perfoliatum): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
Reference: 17249i- Pictures
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Stitchwort, chickweed or starwort (Stellaria nemorum): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
Reference: 17246i- Pictures
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Four flowering plants, one possibly a pink (Dianthus species) and one a Geranium species. Watercolour, c. 1870.
Date: 1870Reference: 28585i- Pictures
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Four flowering plants, including a toad lily (Tricyrtis species) and a pink (Dianthus species). Watercolour, c. 1870.
Date: 1870Reference: 28553i- Pictures
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Chickweed (Cerastium ciliatum): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.
Schütz, Johann.Date: [1802/12]Reference: 18440i- Pictures
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Seven flowering plants, one possibly a pink (Dianthus species) and one a daylily (Hemerocallis species). Watercolour, c. 1870.
Date: 1870Reference: 28587i- Pictures
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A campion plant (Silene species): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving by C. White, c. 1817, after S. Edwards.
Edwards, Sydenham, 1768-1819.Date: 1 December 1817Reference: 25852i- Pictures
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Nine flowering plants, one possibly a phlox and one a green brier. Watercolour, c. 1870.
Date: 1870Reference: 28581i