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  • Five types of ginger lily (Hedychium species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph.
  • A plant (Carduus species) related to scotch thistle: flowering stem with root. Watercolour.
  • Fifteen plant leaves, all of different shapes. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
  • Floral bouquet. Engraving.
  • Banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis) growing on a lakeside. Coloured etching by B. Pouncy, c. 1793, after W. Hodges.
  • A plant (Petrophila teretifolia): flowering and fruiting stem with floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1804, after H. Andrews.
  • Kwei plant (Osmanthus fragrans): flowering stem with floral segments. Coloured etching by J. Miller, c. 1771.
  • Sketches towards a Hortus botanicus americanus, or, Coloured plates (with a catalogue and concise and familiar descriptions of many species) of new and valuable plants of the West Indies and North and South America : Also of several others, natives of Africa and the East Indies; arranged after the Linnaean system.
  • A plant (Galega cinerea) related to goat's rue: flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured engraving by J.J. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.
  • A plant (Vincetoxicum officinale Moench.): flowering plant with roots and separate fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • Purging cassia or Indian laburnum (Cassia fistula): flowers, leaf, pod and seeds. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1843.
  • Five flowering plants, possibly including a Hosta species and three Clematis flowers. Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • Citron (Citrus medica L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured aquatint by G. Geri, c.1825, after D. Serantoni.
  • Crosswort (Galium cruciata (L.) Scop.): flowering stems arising from earth mound with separate flower sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • Oak (Quercus species): six leaves showing large variation in size. Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.
  • A plant (Cotyledon africana): flowering stem, with coat of arms of the dedicatee. Colour mezzotint by E. Kirkall, c.1728, after J. van Huysum.
  • Four flowering plants, including a cowslip (Primula veris), comfrey (Symphytum officinale) and a bulrush (Scirpus species). Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.
  • Five flowering plants, one possibly a voodoo lily (Sauromatum venosum). Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • A plant (Limnophila racemosa): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1809, after J. Ihle.
  • Plantain or ribwort (Plantago sp.): flowering plant with separate flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Mandrake roots in the form of human figures, both naked and clothed; the mandrake plant itself (Mandragora officinarum L.); and a root of ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.). Engraving.
  • A flowering plant (Milleria quinqueflora) and a monument to the botanist, Philip Miller. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1816.
  • A collection of flowers in ornamental arrangement with garland, urn and cherubs. Etching by J. Edwards, c.1790, after himself.
  • Clove tree (Syzygium aromaticum): flowering stem and separate fruit. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1842.
  • Clearweed (Pilea pubescens): flowering stem. Coloured engraving by Weddell, c. 1824, after J. Curtis.
  • A stand of bushes. Watercolour.
  • Four flowering plants, one possibly a toad lily (Tricyrtis species). Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • A large oak tree (Quercus robur L.) sheltering cattle in open parkland. Etching after J.G.Strutt, 1823.
  • A plant, possibly cudweed (Gnaphalium species): flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • Ornamented borders of Tartary oak (Quercus McCormickii), anchors and a polar bear round circular images of the Antarctic Ocean with penguin and boat. Pencil drawing by E. Wilson?, c.1844.