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  • A plant (Lycium aethiopicum): flowering stem and floral segments. Watercolour by G. D. Ehret, 1736.

    • Ehret, Georg Dionysius, 1708-1770.
    Date
    [spring 1736]
    Reference
    28364i
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  • Itea virginica L.: flowering stem with separate, labelled floral segments. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.

    • Ehret, Georg Dionysius, 1708-1770.
    Date
    [1750-53]
    Reference
    18410i
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    • Online
  • 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
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Bee Larkspur (Delphinium sp. var.): flowering stem with separate labelled floral segments. Engraving by J. Caldwall, c.1805, after P. Henderson.

    • Henderson, Peter, active 1799-1829.
    Date
    1 January 1805
    Reference
    18315i
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  • Four plant stems with catkins, all from types of willow (Salix species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

    • W. Dickes & Co.
    Date
    [1855]
    Reference
    24812i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • 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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  • Camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora): flowering branch and floral segments. Chromolithograph, c. 1887, after W. Müller.

    • Müller, Walther.
    Date
    1887
    Reference
    24531i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • A currant plant (Ribes species): flowering stem with floral segments. Watercolour.

    Reference
    22984i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Four plant stems with catkins, all from named types of willow (Salix species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

    • W. Dickes & Co.
    Date
    [1855]
    Reference
    24816i
    • Pictures
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  • Twelve examples of different types of flower pistil. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.

    Date
    [c. 1850]
    Reference
    28521i
    • Pictures
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  • A plant (Laurus sp.) related to laurel: flowering, fruiting and leafy stems with detailed segments of flower and fruit. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.

    • Ehret, Georg Dionysius, 1708-1770.
    Date
    [1750-53]
    Reference
    18379i
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  • Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica): twenty one different anatomical segments of the plant. Coloured lithograph by W. Fitch, c. 1845, after himself.

    • Fitch, W. H. (Walter Hood), 1817-1892.
    Date
    1845
    Reference
    26759i
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    • Online
  • Entire flowers and floral segments of a paeony and a lily. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.

    Date
    [c. 1850]
    Reference
    28487i
    • Pictures
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  • Regular groups of detailed pollen grains from twenty different named flowering plants. Engraving by J.-Z.Mazel, c.1807, after Geoffroy.

    • Geoffroy, active 1807-1847.
    Date
    August 1807
    Reference
    18326i
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  • A Magnolia species: flowering stem with labelled floral segments, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by G. D. Ehret, c.1737, after himself.

    • Ehret, Georg Dionysius, 1708-1770.
    Reference
    18633i
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    • Online
  • Four plant stems with catkins, all from named types of willow (Salix species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

    • W. Dickes & Co.
    Date
    [1855]
    Reference
    24815i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • A crocus (Crocus stellaris): entire flowering plant and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1812.

    Date
    [1812-48]
    Reference
    26412i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • The dissected flowers of five plants: a grass, rye, wheat, vernal grass and chamomile. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.

    Date
    [c. 1850]
    Reference
    27044i
    Part of
    Pflanzenreich
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Fig (Ficus carica L.): 57 segments of flowers and fruits at different stages of maturity with detailed description. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.

    • Ehret, Georg Dionysius, 1708-1770.
    Date
    [1750-53]
    Reference
    18380i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • A plant (Sophora tinctoria) related to the pagoda tree: flowering and fruiting stem with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.

    • Ehret, Georg Dionysius, 1708-1770.
    Date
    [1750-53]
    Reference
    18375i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Four plant stems with catkins, all from named types of willow (Salix species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

    • W. Dickes & Co.
    Date
    [1855]
    Reference
    24813i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Couch grass (Elymus repens): flower and seedheads with roots and floral segments. Chromolithograph, c. 1887, after W. Müller.

    • Müller, Walther.
    Date
    1887
    Reference
    24533i
    • Pictures
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  • Nine different flowers and their floral segments. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.

    • Wilkes, John, -1810.
    Date
    25 August 1799
    Reference
    25566i
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  • Fifty-four flowers, fruit and floral segments of different forms. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.

    • Wilkes, John, -1810.
    Date
    29 July 1799
    Reference
    25564i
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    • Online
  • Campion (Lychnis sp.): entire male and female flowering plants with their respective floral segments. Engraving by J.Caldwell, c.1805, after P.Henderson.

    • Henderson, Peter, active 1799-1829.
    Date
    1 October 1805
    Reference
    18312i
    • Pictures
    • Online
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