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A cat's-ear plant (Hypochaeris radicata) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Date: 1 December 1831Reference: 24230i- Pictures
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Guelder rose (Viburnum opulus): flowering stem. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
Smith, Worthington George, 1835-1917Date: [1863-1880]Reference: 24416i- Pictures
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A fungus (Pholiota squarrosa). Watercolour, 1897.
Date: 1897Reference: 21488i- Pictures
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Devil's bolete fungus (Boletus satanus). Watercolour by R. Baker, 1896.
Baker, R., active 1898.Date: 1896Reference: 21498i- Pictures
A plant (Tribulus cistoides): flowering and fruiting stems. Chromolithograph by Leighton Brothers, c. 1887, after I. Sinclair.
Sinclair, Francis, MrsDate: [1887]Reference: 25341i- Pictures
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An unidentified fungus: two fruiting bodies on wood, both life sized and enlarged. Watercolour by M. Webber, 1889.
Date: 1889Reference: 21673i- Pictures
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Four British garden plants, including a phlox: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1835.
Date: 1835Reference: 27341i- Pictures
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Spurge laurel plant (Daphne laureola) with an associated moth and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Date: 1 August 1831Reference: 24213i- Pictures
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Seven plants, including an Australian honeysuckle: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1833.
Date: 1833Reference: 27587i- Pictures
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A tropical plant (Memecylon edule): flowering branch. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1815.
Date: [1817]Reference: 25523i- Pictures
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A campion plant (Silene cucubalus) with an associated moth, its caterpillar and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Date: 1 May 1830Reference: 24046i- Pictures
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Three flowering plants, all types of dock (Rumex species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
W. Dickes & Co.Date: [1855]Reference: 24804i- Pictures
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Four flowering plants, all types of dock or sorrel (Rumex species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
W. Dickes & Co.Date: [1855]Reference: 24803i- Pictures
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Seven plants, including two orchids, a camellia and two hawthorns: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.
Date: 1836Reference: 27725i- Pictures
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Cape pondweed or water hawthorn (Aponogeton distachyus): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1810, after S. Edwards.
Edwards, Sydenham, 1768-1819Date: 1 June 1810Reference: 25842i- Pictures
A fungus (Agaricus alkalinus): fruiting bodies growing on wood. Watercolour by A. Wheeler, 1887.
Wheeler, Arthur.Date: 1887Reference: 21069i- Pictures
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Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
Date: 1834Reference: 27334i- Pictures
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Seven plants, including an azalea and an orchid: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1833.
Date: 1833Reference: 27579i- Pictures
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Seven British garden plants: flowering stems and some floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1833.
Date: 1833Reference: 27408i- Pictures
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A moss with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Date: 1 July 1830Reference: 24055i- Pictures
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A plant (Utricularia montana): flowering stem. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1873, after himself.
Smith, Worthington George, 1835-1917Date: [1873]Reference: 25908i- Pictures
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Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
Date: 1834Reference: 27322i- Pictures
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Eight plants, including two orchids, a primrose and a rhododendron: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
Date: 1837Reference: 27858i- Pictures
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Four cultivars of pear (Pyrus communis cv.): entire fruits. Coloured etching by W. Clark, c. 1835, after Lady Boughton.
Boughton, Lady, active 1810-1850.Date: [1812-48]Reference: 26401i- Pictures
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A plant (Oxyria digyna): flowering and leafy stem. Coloured lithograph by F. Waller, c. 1863, after C. Gower.
Gower, Charlotte.Date: [1863-1880]Reference: 24380i