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  • Campion (Silene catholica): two sections of flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

    • Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.
    Date
    [1770]
    Reference
    17643i
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  • Pearlwort (Sagina nodosa): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1800.

    • Sowerby, James, 1757-1822.
    Date
    1 February 1800
    Reference
    25135i
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  • A campion plant (Silene cucubalus) with an associated moth, its caterpillar and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

    • Curtis, John, 1791-1862.
    Date
    1 May 1830
    Reference
    24046i
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  • Sandwort (Arenaria gracilis): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.

    • Schütz, Johann.
    Date
    [1802/12]
    Reference
    18476i
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  • Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

    • Sweet, Robert, 1783-1835.
    Date
    1834
    Reference
    27322i
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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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  • A camel surrounded by various named animals, flowers and insects, including a giraffe and flying dragon. Engraving by D. Loggan, 1663, after W. Hollar.

    • Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677.
    Date
    [1674]
    Reference
    24373i
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  • Campion (Silene sp.): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

    • Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.
    Date
    [1776]
    Reference
    18004i
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  • Sand spurrey (Spergularia rubra): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1801.

    • Sowerby, James, 1757-1822.
    Date
    1 August 1801
    Reference
    25122i
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  • Four examples of single flowers: a deadly nightshade, thorn apple, periwinkle and wallflower. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.

    • Edwards, Sydenham, 1768-1819.
    Date
    31 December 1802
    Reference
    24243i
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  • Drypis spinosa L.: flowering stem with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

    • Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.
    Date
    [1770]
    Reference
    17628i
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  • Sandwort (Arenaria verna): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1830, after J. Sowerby.

    • Sowerby, James, 1757-1822.
    Date
    1 May 1830
    Reference
    25089i
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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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  • 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 campion plant (Silene species): flowering stem. Watercolour.

    Reference
    23625i
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  • Chickweed (Cerastium perfoliatum): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

    • Bouchard, Magdalena.
    Reference
    17249i
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  • Four plants, possibly pinks (Dianthus species): flowering stems. Watercolour.

    Reference
    23077i
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  • 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
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  • Stitchwort, chickweed or starwort (Stellaria nemorum): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

    • Bouchard, Magdalena.
    Reference
    17246i
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  • Four flowering plants, one possibly a pink (Dianthus species) and one a Geranium species. Watercolour, c. 1870.

    Date
    1870
    Reference
    28585i
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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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  • Seven garden plants, including an iris: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

    • Curtis, William, 1746-1799.
    Date
    1834
    Reference
    27453i
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  • Soapwort (Saponaria officinalis) and pasque-flower (Pulsatilla vulgaris): flowering stems. Chromolithograph, c. 1877, after F. E. Hulme.

    • Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909.
    Date
    [1877-1900]
    Reference
    24513i
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  • Five plants, possibly pinks (Dianthus species): flowering stems. Watercolour.

    Reference
    23080i
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  • Rue-leaved whitlow grass (Paronychia serpyllifolia DC.): entire flowering plant 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
    18248i
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