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Solomon's seal (Polygonatum multiflorum): rootstock. Watercolour.

Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.

A clump of mushrooms and two Chinese artichokes (Stachys affinis). Watercolour.

Three flowering plants, including common heather (Calluna vulgaris) and an orchid (Orchidaceae species). Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.

A plant, possibly a Corydalis species: entire flowering plant. Watercolour.

Fifteen different forms of plant root and two anatomical sections. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.

Two examples of different root systems: a denticulate primrose rootstock and a creeping couch grass root. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.

Two water chestnuts (Eleocharis dulcis) and a root of Shan kui. Watercolour.

Cuckoo-pint (Arum maculatum): spathe and spadix with hairs and flowers, fruiting stem, leaf and tuber. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.

Botanical classification; 227 figures of plant anatomical segments with descriptive text. Colour process print (?).

Otdalechena khibridiz︠at︡si︠︡ia v selek︠t︡si︠︡iata na korenoplodni zelench︠ut︡si / Despina Zheli︠a︡zkova Madzharova.

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A plant, possibly a Corydalis species: entire flowering plant. Watercolour.

Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.

Botanical classification; 227 figures of plant anatomical segments with descriptive text. Colour process print (?).

Otdalechena khibridiz︠at︡si︠︡ia v selek︠t︡si︠︡iata na korenoplodni zelench︠ut︡si / Despina Zheli︠a︡zkova Madzharova.

Cuckoo-pint (Arum maculatum): spathe and spadix with hairs and flowers, fruiting stem, leaf and tuber. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.