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Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.

1 print : line engraving with etching, with watercolour ; platemark 41.1 x 25.6 cm

A plant (Cuphea viscosissima) related to the cigar flower: entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

The pride-of-India tree is also used for its timber
Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers. = (Lagerstroemia flos-reginae Roxb.)

1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 34.0 x 43.0 cm

Pride-of-India, queen flower or pyinma (Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.): branch with leaves and flowers.

1 print : engraving, with watercolour ; image 16 x 10 cm

Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.

A plant (Ammannia species): flowering and fruiting stem. Watercolour.

A plant (Diplusodon floribundus): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured lithograph.

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 37.0 x 22.5 cm

Lythrum lineare: entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

The powdered leaves of henna give a green powder used to stain finger-nails, hair and used in Egypt to dye cloth for Egyptian mummies. The bark is medicinal

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 26.2 x 20 cm

Henna plant (Lawsonia inermis): flowering stem. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1813.

1 print : engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 16.7 x 9.2 cm

A plant (Lythrum hyssopifolia): entire flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.

Pride-of-India is also used for its timber
Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers. = (Lagerstroemia flos-reginae Roxb.)

1 print : chromolithograph, printed in 10 colours

Pride-of-India, queen flower or pyinma (Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.): flowering branch with numbered sections of flowers. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

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Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.

A plant (Cuphea viscosissima) related to the cigar flower: entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

Pride-of-India, queen flower or pyinma (Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.): branch with leaves and flowers.

Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.

A plant (Ammannia species): flowering and fruiting stem. Watercolour.

A plant (Diplusodon floribundus): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured lithograph.

Lythrum lineare: entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

Henna plant (Lawsonia inermis): flowering stem. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1813.

A plant (Lythrum hyssopifolia): entire flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.

Pride-of-India, queen flower or pyinma (Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.): flowering branch with numbered sections of flowers. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

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Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.

A plant (Cuphea viscosissima) related to the cigar flower: entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

Pride-of-India, queen flower or pyinma (Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.): branch with leaves and flowers.

Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.

A plant (Ammannia species): flowering and fruiting stem. Watercolour.

A plant (Diplusodon floribundus): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured lithograph.

Lythrum lineare: entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

Henna plant (Lawsonia inermis): flowering stem. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1813.

A plant (Lythrum hyssopifolia): entire flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.

Pride-of-India, queen flower or pyinma (Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.): flowering branch with numbered sections of flowers. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

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