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Four poisonous plants: crowfoot (Ranunculus alpestris), fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria), foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) and hellebore (Helleborus niger) Coloured engraving by J. Johnstone.
Date: [1855]Reference: 28013i- Pictures
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Four poisonous plants: hemlock (Conium maculatum), henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), opium lettuce (Lactuca virosa) and autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale). Coloured engraving by J. Johnstone.
Date: 1855Reference: 28008i- Pictures
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Four poisonous plants: fool's parsley (Aethusa cynapium), cuckoo pint (Arum maculatum), white bryony (Bryonia dioica) and greater celandine (Chelidonium majus). Coloured engraving by J. Johnstone, 1855.
Date: [1855]Reference: 28003i- Pictures
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Four poisonous plants: monk's hood (Aconitum napellus), deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna), woody nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) and thorn-apple (Datura stramonium) Coloured engraving by J. Johnstone, 1855.
Date: [1855]Reference: 28005i- Pictures
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Bracken plants (Pteridium aquilinum): both young and old fronds. Watercolour.
Reference: 23598i- Pictures
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Two plants, a fruiting branch of a maidenhair tree (Ginkgo biloba) and a liane stem. Watercolour.
Reference: 23407i- Pictures
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Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum): flowering and fruiting plants. Colour process print, c. 1924.
Date: [1924]Reference: 25597i- Pictures
A lamb-shaped vegetable called Tartarian lamb or Scythian lamb, reputed to allow no other plants to grow near it. Aquatint by J. Halfpenny, 1787.
Date: [1787]Reference: 2496789i- Pictures
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Chinese lantern (Physalis alkekengi L.): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate opened calyx and berry. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
Date: [1774]Reference: 16863i- Pictures
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Helmet flower (Aconitum anthora 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: 18230i- Pictures
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A thistle flower and crab's eyes plant (Abrus species). Watercolour.
Reference: 22783i- Pictures
A plant (Barringtonia speciosa): flowering stem. Engraving, c. 1777, after W. Hodges.
Hodges, William, 1744-1797.Date: 1 February 1777Reference: 20880i- Pictures
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Poison primula (Primula obconica): flowering plant. Chromolithograph, c. 1897, after H. Moon.
Moon, Henry George, 1857-1905.Date: [1897]Reference: 25887i- Pictures
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Oleander or rose-bay (?Nerium oleander): flowering stem. Watercolour.
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Two plants, a fruiting Physalis species and thistle seedhead. Watercolour.
Reference: 22822i- Pictures
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Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant resembling the fangs of a viper, above, and (below) a viper. Coloured ink drawing, c. 1923, after G.B. Della Porta.
Porta, Giambattista della, approximately 1535-1615.Date: 1923Reference: 524731i- Pictures
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A tropical plant (Acokanthera spectabilis): flowering stem. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1872, after himself.
Smith, Worthington George, 1835-1917.Date: [1872]Reference: 25906i- Pictures
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An oleander plant (Nerium oleander): flowering stem. Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after A. Bétrérnieux (?).
Bétrérnieux, A.Date: 1850Reference: 27086iPart of: Macédoines variées- Pictures
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Monkshood (Aconitum napellus): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured etching.
Reference: 25334i- Pictures
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Chinese lantern (Physalis alkekengi): fruiting stem. Watercolour by B. Bird.
Bird, B.Reference: 22331i- Pictures
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Deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna): flowering plants growing in woodland. Colour process print, c. 1924.
Date: [1924]Reference: 25605i- Pictures
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Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea): flowering stem, flowers and leaves. Pen and watercolour drawings.
Reference: 22259i- Pictures
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Mandrake roots in human form; the mandrake plant; ginseng. Engraving.
Reference: 44113i- Pictures
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Dragon arum (Dracunculus vulgaris Schott): leaf and base of stem with tuber. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
Date: [1774]Reference: 16902i- Pictures
Herb Paris (Paris quadrifolia L.): entire flowering plant with separate segments of fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
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