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The dragtoe tree depicted here is the sacred tree of a Banian saint, as is described in Bruin's book listed above.

1 print : line engraving ; platemark 28.5 x 17.5 cm

Trunk and branch of a sacred, East Indian "dragtoe" tree, in separate plates. Line engraving after C. de Bruin, 1706.

1 print : soft-ground etching ; platemark 51.5 x 38.1 cm

The gnarled trunk of an old oak tree (Quercus robur L.) in Rycot Park, Oxfordshire. Soft-ground etching by W. Delamotte, 1805, after himself.

The timber of the Australian mountain ash is used as wood pulp and the trunk yields a red kino used as astringents in medicine and in tanning

Four men standing by the huge trunk of an Australian mountain ash tree (Eucalyptus species). Wood engraving, c. 1867.

The banyan tree is a sacred tree of the Hindus who consider the bark a tonic used in diabetes
Ficus benghalensis = (Ficus indica)

1 print : etching with engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 22.5 x 30.1 cm

Banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis) growing on a lakeside. Coloured etching by B. Pouncy, c. 1793, after W. Hodges.

The tree grows out of the body of King Louis of France. Guise is attacked by a wolf and cannot defend himself because his hand is trapped

1 print : etching ; platemark 24.9 x 17.7 cm

Henri Duc de Guise has his hand trapped in a split tree trunk when the two parts of the tree are brought together, contrary to Nature; the tree representing the family tree of the kings of France, which diverges into a Valois branch and a Bourbon (Navarre) branch. Etching.

A hollow old tree trunk. Charcoal drawing.

Two old walnut trees (Juglans regia) growing by a country lane and sheltering some cows and their minders. Lithograph after G. Barnard, c. 1849.

The timber of the australian mountain ash is used as wood pulp and the trunk yields a red kino used as astringents in medicine and in tanning

Two men standing by the huge trunk of an Australian mountain ash tree (Eucalyptus amygdalina). Wood engraving, c. 1867.

Base of trunk, fallen cones and seedlings of scots pine tree (Pinus sylvestris). Pen and watercolour drawing.

Ficus benghalensis = (Ficus indica)
The banyan tree is the sacred tree of the Hindus (cv. Krishnae with cup-shaped leaves) and its spreading form means it is used as a shelter

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Trunk and branch of a sacred, East Indian "dragtoe" tree, in separate plates. Line engraving after C. de Bruin, 1706.

The gnarled trunk of an old oak tree (Quercus robur L.) in Rycot Park, Oxfordshire. Soft-ground etching by W. Delamotte, 1805, after himself.

Four men standing by the huge trunk of an Australian mountain ash tree (Eucalyptus species). Wood engraving, c. 1867.

Banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis) growing on a lakeside. Coloured etching by B. Pouncy, c. 1793, after W. Hodges.

Henri Duc de Guise has his hand trapped in a split tree trunk when the two parts of the tree are brought together, contrary to Nature; the tree representing the family tree of the kings of France, which diverges into a Valois branch and a Bourbon (Navarre) branch. Etching.

A hollow old tree trunk. Charcoal drawing.

Two old walnut trees (Juglans regia) growing by a country lane and sheltering some cows and their minders. Lithograph after G. Barnard, c. 1849.

Two men standing by the huge trunk of an Australian mountain ash tree (Eucalyptus amygdalina). Wood engraving, c. 1867.

Base of trunk, fallen cones and seedlings of scots pine tree (Pinus sylvestris). Pen and watercolour drawing.

Banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis) with many spreading aerial roots. Aquatint by T. Medland, c. 1807, after J. Cordiner.

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Trunk and branch of a sacred, East Indian "dragtoe" tree, in separate plates. Line engraving after C. de Bruin, 1706.

The gnarled trunk of an old oak tree (Quercus robur L.) in Rycot Park, Oxfordshire. Soft-ground etching by W. Delamotte, 1805, after himself.

Four men standing by the huge trunk of an Australian mountain ash tree (Eucalyptus species). Wood engraving, c. 1867.

Banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis) growing on a lakeside. Coloured etching by B. Pouncy, c. 1793, after W. Hodges.

Henri Duc de Guise has his hand trapped in a split tree trunk when the two parts of the tree are brought together, contrary to Nature; the tree representing the family tree of the kings of France, which diverges into a Valois branch and a Bourbon (Navarre) branch. Etching.

A hollow old tree trunk. Charcoal drawing.

Two old walnut trees (Juglans regia) growing by a country lane and sheltering some cows and their minders. Lithograph after G. Barnard, c. 1849.

Two men standing by the huge trunk of an Australian mountain ash tree (Eucalyptus amygdalina). Wood engraving, c. 1867.

Base of trunk, fallen cones and seedlings of scots pine tree (Pinus sylvestris). Pen and watercolour drawing.

Banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis) with many spreading aerial roots. Aquatint by T. Medland, c. 1807, after J. Cordiner.

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