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  • A houseleek (Sempervivum arachnoideum): flowering plant. Coloured engraving, c. 1788.

    • Curtis, William, 1746-1799.
    Date
    1788
    Reference
    25807i
    • Pictures
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  • A plant (Monsonia speciosa): flowering stem and leaf Coloured engraving, c. 1789.

    • Curtis, William, 1746-1799.
    Date
    1 February 1789
    Reference
    25812i
    • Pictures
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  • Kwei plant (Osmanthus fragrans): flowering stem with floral segments. Coloured etching by J. Miller, c. 1771.

    • Miller, John, 1715-1790?
    Date
    1771
    Reference
    24553i
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  • Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.

    • Sowerby, James, 1757-1822.
    Date
    1 February 1795
    Reference
    25073i
    • Pictures
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  • Scurvy grass (Cochlearia officinalis): flowering stem, leaf, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1799.

    • Sowerby, James, 1757-1822.
    Date
    1 February 1799
    Reference
    25184i
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  • Cock's-foot grass (Dactylis glomerata): flowering stem, leaves, roots and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.

    • Sowerby, James, 1757-1822.
    Date
    1 July 1796
    Reference
    24966i
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  • Wood spurge (Euphorbia amygdaloides): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.

    • Sowerby, James, 1757-1822.
    Date
    1 June 1795
    Reference
    25076i
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  • Three different flowers and two fruit with anatomical details. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.

    • Wilkes, John, -1810.
    Date
    4 August 1799
    Reference
    25568i
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  • Hairy bitter-cress (Cardamine hirsuta): flowering stem, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1798.

    • Sowerby, James, 1757-1822.
    Date
    1 July 1798
    Reference
    25187i
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  • Wayfaring tree (Viburnum lantana): flowering stem, leaves and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.

    • Sowerby, James, 1757-1822.
    Date
    1 July 1796
    Reference
    24962i
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  • Mouse-ear (Cerastium alpinum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1798.

    • Sowerby, James, 1757-1822.
    Date
    1 May 1798
    Reference
    25132i
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  • Fourteen different forms of plant stem. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.

    • Wilkes, John, -1810.
    Date
    12 June 1799
    Reference
    25558i
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  • Stonecrop (Sedum villosum): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1797.

    • Sowerby, James, 1757-1822.
    Date
    1 May 1797
    Reference
    25102i
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  • Oriental poppy (Papaver orientale): flowering stem. Coloured engraving, c. 1788.

    • Curtis, William, 1746-1799.
    Date
    1788
    Reference
    25806i
    • Pictures
  • An anemone (Anemone hortensis): flowering plant. Coloured engraving, c. 1790.

    • Curtis, William, 1746-1799.
    Date
    1 June 1790
    Reference
    25809i
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  • Night-flowering catchfly (Silene noctiflorum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.

    • Sowerby, James, 1757-1822.
    Date
    1 December 1795
    Reference
    25115i
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  • Sappanwood tree (Caesalpinia sappan): flowering branch, pod and thorns. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799, after J. Ihle.

    • Ihle, Johann-Eberhard, 1727-1814.
    Date
    25 September 1799
    Reference
    25491i
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  • Rock or wall cress (Arabis alpina): flowering stem. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1793.

    • Curtis, William, 1746-1799.
    Date
    1 May 1793
    Reference
    25816i
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  • Cultivating women, cultivating science : Flora's daughters and botany in England, 1760-1860 / Ann B. Shteir.

    • Shteir, Ann B., 1941-
    Date
    [1996], ©1996
    • Books
    • Online
  • Wood stitchwort (Stellaria nemorum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby.

    • Sowerby, James, 1757-1822.
    Reference
    25117i
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  • A clubmoss (Lycopodium alpinum): fertile leafy stem and segments of sporangia. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.

    • Sowerby, James, 1757-1822.
    Date
    1 February 1795
    Reference
    25075i
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  • A torch lily (Kniphofia alooides): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1799, after H. Andrews.

    • Andrews, Henry Charles, active 1799-1828.
    Date
    1 April 1799
    Reference
    25576i
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  • Dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris): flowering stem, leaves, roots and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.

    • Sowerby, James, 1757-1822.
    Date
    1 Nov 1795
    Reference
    24956i
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  • Mouse-ear (Cerastium latifolium): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1798.

    • Sowerby, James, 1757-1822.
    Date
    1 May 1798
    Reference
    25133i
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  • Fumitory (Fumaria glauca): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured engraving, c. 1792.

    • Curtis, William, 1746-1799.
    Date
    1 January 1792
    Reference
    25813i
    • Pictures
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