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  • Apple (Malus species): fruiting branch with separate fruit. Colour aquatint by B. Rosaspina after D. del Pino, 1825.

    • Del Pino, Domenico, active 1820.
    Date
    [1817]
    Reference
    20681i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Tree-ferns in an Australian forest with two hunters in the distance. Engraving by E. Brandard, c. 1873, after N. Chevalier.

    • Chevalier, Nicolas, 1828-1902.
    Date
    [1873]
    Reference
    20961i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Plum (Prunus species): fruiting branch with sectioned fruit. Coloured stipple engraving by T. Nasi, c. 1817, after D. Del Pino.

    • Del Pino, Domenico, active 1820.
    Date
    [1817]
    Reference
    20675i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Damask rose (Rosa damascena "Italica"): flowering stem. Colour halftone after Victor, c.1824, after P. J. Redouté.

    • Redouté, Pierre Joseph, 1759-1840.
    Date
    [1824]
    Reference
    20466i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Cedar trees (Cedrus species) in a garden in Monmouthshire. Photogravure by R. Fenton, ca. 1856.

    • Fenton, Roger, 1819-1869.
    Date
    October 1856
    Reference
    20502i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • A flowering daffodil (Narcissus tazetta) with large, ornate border. Chromolithograph by O. Jones, 1845.

    • Jones, Owen, 1809-1874
    Date
    [1845]
    Reference
    28318i
    Part of
    The gallery of exotic flowers
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Screwpines (Pandanus species) covered with climbing plants, surrounded by lush tropical vegetation. Wood engraving, c. 1867, after C. Whymper.

    • Whymper, Charles, 1853-
    Date
    [1867-1875]
    Reference
    20942i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Sandwort (Arenaria gracilis): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.

    • Schütz, Johann.
    Date
    [1802/12]
    Reference
    18476i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Peach (Prunus species): fruiting branch with halved fruit and seed. Colour stipple engraving by L. Giarrè, c. 1817, after D. del Pino.

    • Del Pino, Domenico, active 1820.
    Date
    [1817]
    Reference
    20656i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Onosma arenaria: entire flowering plant and seed. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.

    • Schütz, Johann.
    Date
    [1802/12]
    Reference
    18482i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Talipot palms (Corypha umbraculifera) growing beside and on other plants with two people in foreground. Aquatint by T. Medland, c. 1807, after J. Cordiner.

    • Cordiner, James, the rev., 1775-1836.
    Date
    4 June 1807
    Reference
    20998i
    • Pictures
  • Elm tree (Ulmus species) in parkland with people at its base. Etching, c. 1817, after J. Martin.

    • Martin, John, 1789-1854.
    Date
    15 May 1817
    Reference
    20500i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Palm tree (Inaja palm) with man standing beneath. Wood engraving, c. 1867.

    • Bates, Henry Walter, 1825-1892.
    Date
    [1867-1875]
    Reference
    20947i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora): flowering branch and floral segments. Chromolithograph, c. 1887, after W. Müller.

    • Müller, Walther.
    Date
    1887
    Reference
    24531i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Alpine rice grass (Ehrharta colensoi Hook f.): plant with floral segments. Lithograph, c. 1880, after J. Buchanan.

    • Buchanan, John, -1898.
    Date
    [1880]
    Reference
    20512i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • 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
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Pear (Pyrus species): fruiting branches with halved fruit. Colour stipple engraving by T. Nasi, c. 1817, after D. Del Pino.

    • Del Pino, Domenico, active 1820.
    Date
    [1817]
    Reference
    20692i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Mecca balsam (Commiphora opobalsamum): entire young plant. Line engraving by J. Heath, c. 1804.

    • Heath, James, 1757-1834.
    Date
    1 October 1804
    Reference
    20919i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • A thicket of cactus (Cereus dyckii) in Guatemala. Wood engraving, c. 1867.

    • Bates, Henry Walter, 1825-1892.
    Date
    [1867-1875]
    Reference
    20955i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • 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
    • Online
  • Pansies (Viola species): an assortment of flowers an a grassy bank. Chromolithograph by J. Ottman , c. 1872, after V. Dangon.

    • Dangon, Victor.
    Date
    [1892-1897]
    Reference
    20509i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Pods and seeds of a Sterculia plant. Line engraving by J. Heath, c. 1804.

    • Heath, James, 1757-1834.
    Date
    1 October 1804
    Reference
    20925i
    • Pictures
  • Saltbush (Atriplex microsperma): flowering stem with separate root and floral segments. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.

    • Schütz, Johann.
    Date
    [1802/12]
    Reference
    18436i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • A doum palm tree (Hyphaene thebaica) on the African plains, sheltering 3 people. Wood engraving, c. 1873.

    • Brown, Robert.
    Date
    [1873-1876]
    Reference
    20966i
    • Pictures
  • A red monkey flower (Mimulus cardinalis) with large, ornate border. Chromolithograph by O. Jones, 1845.

    • Jones, Owen, 1809-1874
    Date
    [1845]
    Reference
    28321i
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    The gallery of exotic flowers
    • Pictures
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