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  • Die Rohstoffe des Pflanzenreiches : versuch einer technischen Rohstofflehre des Pflanzenreiches / von Dr. Julius Wiesner.

    • Wiesner, Julius, 1838-1916.
    Date
    1873
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  • Pharmaco-botanologia: or, An alphabetical and classical dissertation on all the British indigenous and garden plants of the New London dispensatory : In which their genera, species, characteristick and distinctive notes are methodically described; the botanical terms of art explained; their virtues, uses, and shop-preparations declared ... / By Patrick Blair.

    • Blair, Patrick, -1728.
    Date
    1723[-28]
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  • A coffee plant (Coffea arabica), its flower and fruit segments bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.

    Date
    [c. 1840]
    Reference
    28052i
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  • A Brazilian rubber tree (Hevea Brasiliensis), its flower and fruit segments bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.

    Date
    [c. 1840]
    Reference
    28053i
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  • A fruiting cacao tree (Theobroma cacao) Photograph.

    • Scowen & Co.
    Reference
    28229i
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  • Pharmaco-Botanologia: or, An Alphabetical and Classical dissertation on all the British Indigenous and Garden Plants of the New London Dispensatory. In which Their Genera, Species, Characteristick and Distinctive Notes are Methodically described; the Botanical Terms of art explained; their Virtues, Uses, and Shop-Preparations declared. With many Curious and Useful Remarks from proper Observation. By Patrick Blair, M.D. of Boston in Lincolnshire, and Fellow of the Royal Society.

    • Blair, Patrick, -1728.
    Date
    MDCCXXIII-M.DCC.XXVIII [1723-1728]
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  • The blossom and fruit of a coffee tree (Coffea arabica) Photograph.

    • Scowen & Co.
    Reference
    28232i
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  • A date palm tree (Phoenix dactylifera) and segments of the fruit bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.

    Date
    [c. 1840]
    Reference
    28051i
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  • A tea plant (Camellia sinensis), its flowers and seeds, bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.

    Date
    [c. 1840]
    Reference
    28058i
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  • Medical and oeconomical botany / by John Lindley.

    • Lindley, John, 1799-1865.
    Date
    1849
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  • A sugar cane plant (Saccharum officinarum), its flower and sections of stem, bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.

    Date
    [c. 1840]
    Reference
    28057i
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  • A tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum), its flowers and seeds, bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.

    Date
    [c. 1840]
    Reference
    28060i
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  • Fifty plants that changed the course of history / written by Bill Laws.

    • Laws, Bill
    Date
    c2010
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  • Die Pflanzen im alten Aegypten : ihre Heimat, Geschichte, Kultur und ihre mannigfache Verwendung im sozialen Leben in Kultus, Sitten, Gebräuchen, Medizin, Kunst / von Franz Woenig.

    • Woenig, Franz, 1851-1899.
    Date
    1897
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