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1 drawing : pencil on paper cut to shape of moulding ; sheet 27.7 x 33.3 cm

Laurel leaves and berries: a moulding. Pencil drawing, 1899.

The plant depicted is possibly a species of sassafras

1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 40.2 x 26.5 cm

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.

One of a series of advertising cards (poisonous plants) issued by Duncan, Flockhart and Evans Ltd. promoting the analgesic and antihistamine Extil. Showing a Cherry Laurel plant.

Drug advertising ephemera. Box 33

Cherry laurel (prunus laurocerasus. Family: Rosaceae) : Extil tablets relieve nasal and respiratory congestion.

Laurel plant (Laurus cinnamomum): flowering stem. Aquatint by T. Medland, c. 1807, after J. Cordiner.

1 print : engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 30.5 x 20.7 cm

Anatomy and botany; left, half section of human thorax showing arteries and ribs; right, laurel Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.

One of a series of advertising cards (poisonous plants) issued by Duncan, Flockhart and Evans Ltd. promoting the analgesic and antipyretic Myolgin. Showing a Spurge Laurel.

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Laurel leaves and berries: a moulding. Pencil drawing, 1899.

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.

Cherry laurel (prunus laurocerasus. Family: Rosaceae) : Extil tablets relieve nasal and respiratory congestion.

Laurel plant (Laurus cinnamomum): flowering stem. Aquatint by T. Medland, c. 1807, after J. Cordiner.

Anatomy and botany; left, half section of human thorax showing arteries and ribs; right, laurel Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.

Spurge laurel (daphne laureola. Family: Thymelaeaceae) : Myolgin tablets.

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Laurel leaves and berries: a moulding. Pencil drawing, 1899.

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.

Cherry laurel (prunus laurocerasus. Family: Rosaceae) : Extil tablets relieve nasal and respiratory congestion.

Laurel plant (Laurus cinnamomum): flowering stem. Aquatint by T. Medland, c. 1807, after J. Cordiner.

Anatomy and botany; left, half section of human thorax showing arteries and ribs; right, laurel Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.

Spurge laurel (daphne laureola. Family: Thymelaeaceae) : Myolgin tablets.

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