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Two plants: balsam apple (Momordica balsamina) and Oswego tea or bee balm (Monarda didyma). Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1817.
Date: [1817]Reference: 25519i- Pictures
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Common meadow grass (Poa pratensis): seedhead and leafy stems. Coloured etching, c. 1805.
Date: [1805]Reference: 24248i- Pictures
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Sweet vernal grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum): seedhead and leafy stems. Coloured etching, c. 1805.
Date: [1805]Reference: 24246i- Books
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Practical observations on the culture of lucerne, turnips, burnet, timothy grass, and fowl meadow grass, communicated by letters to Dr. Templeman, secretary of the Society for the encouragement of arts, manufactures, and commerce. To which is added, an appendix, containing comparative estimates of the expence and profit in drill and broadcast husbandry, in different parts of England, and in Ireland. And An Account of some new, and improved Instruments in Husbandry, with the Prices annexed to most of them.
Date: [1766]- Pictures
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Two sparrows pecking at a seedhead of corn. Watercolour.
Reference: 23607i- Books
Introduk︠t︡si︠︡ia travi︠a︡nistykh rasteniĭ Kazakhstana / S.B. Bespaev, N.V. Li︠a︡shenko ; [otvetstvennyĭ redaktor I.O. Baĭtulin].
Bespaev, S. B.Date: 1982- Pictures
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Four seedheads of different grasses (Gramineae species): Cynosorus crocanus, buntee?, Paspalum kora and Panicum miliaceum or common millet. Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1780.
Forbes, James, 1749-1819.Date: [1st June 1813]Reference: 20072i- Pictures
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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.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1776]Reference: 18144i- Pictures
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Seedheads of pasture grass (Holcus sp.), millet (Panicum sp.) and rice (Oryza sativa). Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1780.
Forbes, James, 1749-1819.Date: [1st June 1813]Reference: 20074i- Pictures
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Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1776]Reference: 18103i- Pictures
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Six grasses: fescues (Festuca species), foxtail grass (Alopecurus pratensis), meadow grasses (Poa species) and sweet vernal grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1807.
Date: 15 August 1807Reference: 25548i- Pictures
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Seven grasses including fescues (Festuca species), dog's tail grass (Cynosurus cristatus), meadow grasses (Poa species) and ryegrass (Lolium species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1807.
Date: 29 August 1807Reference: 25550i- Pictures
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Kidney-vetch plant (Anthyllis vulneraria) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Date: 1 November 1830Reference: 24169i- Pictures
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Comfrey (Symphytum sp.): entire flowering plant with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
Date: [1774]Reference: 16795i- Books
Foraging and farming : the evolution of plant exploitation / edited by David R. Harris and Gordon C. Hillman.
Date: 1989- Pictures
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Six British wild flowers, including three types of trefoil (Lotus species). Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.
Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810-1879.Date: [1856]Reference: 24634i- Books
Healing with plants : the Chelsea Physic Garden herbal / written by Holly Farrell.
Farrell, HollyDate: 2021- Books
The structure and composition of foods / by Andrew L. Winton and Kate Barber Winton.
Winton, Andrew Lincoln, 1864-1946.Date: 1932-1939- Books
Tamed : ten species that changed our world / Alice Roberts.
Roberts, Alice, 1973-Date: 2017- Digital Images
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Alchemilla vulgaris (Lady's mantle)
Rowan McOnegal- Digital Images
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Coronilla valentina ssp glauca
Dr Henry Oakeley- Videos
Guardians of Africa.
Date: 1994- Digital Images
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Cistus ladanifer L., Cistaceae. Common Gum Cistus or Ladanum/labdanum. Distribution: Southern Europe and N. Africa. The fragrant resin from the sticky leaves, Gum Labdanum, is extracted and used in Mediterranean regions as an insecticide and deodorant ((Lewis & Elvin-Lewis, 2003). Lyte (1578) advises local application to prevent hair loss and cure earache
Dr Henry Oakeley- Books
Human diet : its origin and evolution / edited by Peter S. Ungar and Mark F. Teaford.
Date: 2002- Books
Recipes under confinement / edited by Sharon Kivland.
Date: 2021