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  • Relhania squarrosa: flowering stem and floral segments. Line engraving by S. Voysard, c. 1788, after J. Sowerby.
  • A plant (Cacalia sonchifolia): flowering stem and root. Watercolour.
  • Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.
  • Butterbur (Petasites japonicus): flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • A cornflower (Centaurea cyanus), autumn crocus (Colchicum species) and saffron crocus (Crocus sativus): three flowers with a caterpillar and bee. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Seven garden plants, including an orchid and a sunflower: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1836.
  • Four plants, including feverfew (Tanacetum species) and a tulip (Tulipa variegata): flowering stems. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • A flowering knapweed (Centaurea species) and two daisy species. Watercolour.
  • Sea aster (Aster tripolium L.): flowering stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Gynura cernua Benth.: entire flowering plant with separate flowering stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Seven British garden plants, including a cardoon: flowering stems and some floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1833.
  • A fruiting stem of Colutea orientalis, a flowering Lunaria fruticosa, a flowering Jacobæa ægyptiaca and a fruiting stem of Astragalus orientalis. Etching by G. D. Ehret, c. 1743, after himself.
  • Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.
  • Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea): flowering stem, flowers and leaves. Pen and watercolour drawings.
  • Prairie burdock (Silphium terebirthinaceum): sections of the flowering stem with separate flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) and wormwood (Artemisia absinthium): entire flowering plants. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • Nipplewort (Lapsana communis): flowering stem and leaf. Chromolithograph, c. 1877, after F. E. Hulme.
  • Four British garden plants, including a rose and lupin: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.
  • Seven garden plants, including an orchid and a passion flower: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1836.
  • A garden dahlia (Dahlia variabilis): one large flower. Coloured engraving, c. 1842.
  • Michaelmas daisy (Aster amellus L.): flowering stem with separate leaves and floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H. Hemerich, c.1759, after T. Sheldrake.
  • A garden dahlia (Dahlia 'Pamplin's Bloomsbury'): one large flower. Coloured aquatint by D. Hayes, c. 1840.
  • A tropical plant (Barnadesia rosea): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving by G. Barclay, c. 1843, after S. Drake.
  • Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
  • Four British garden plants, including a paeony and penstemon: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.
  • A plant (Chrysocoma procumbens): entire flowering plant. Watercolour.
  • A plant (Carduus chius Jacq.) related to scotch thistle: flowering stem with separate uncoloured leaf. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Two plants, a flowering chrysanthemum and Sanguisorba species. Watercolour.
  • Black knapweed plant (Centaurea nigra): flowering stem. Coloured lithograph by F. Waller, c. 1863, after C. Gower.
  • Bushy hawkweed (Hieracium umbellatum): flowering and fruiting plant with floral segments. Coloured engraving, c.1777, after S. Edwards.