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  • A thicket of cactus (Cereus dyckii) in Guatemala. Wood engraving, c. 1867.
  • Monkshood (Aconitum napellus): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • A plant (Whiteheadia latifolia): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1804, after H. Andrews.
  • 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.
  • Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia): stem with coloured autumn leaves. Watercolour.
  • Eight flowering plants, possibly including species of Hosta, Primula, and a daylily. Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • Six flowering plants, possibly including species of Filipendula and Polygonatum. Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • Histoire admirable des plantes et herbes esmerueillables et miraculeuses en nature: mesmes d'aucunes qui sont vrays zoophytes, ou plant-animales. Plantes & animaux tout ensemble, pour auoir vie vegetatiue sensitiue & animale; avec leurs portraicts au naturel, selon les histoires, descriptions, voyages, & nauigations des anciens & modernes... / par M. Clavde Dvret.
  • A barber-surgeon extracting stones from a woman's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity). Watercolour by J. Cats, 1787, after B. Maton.
  • Three flowering plants, one possibly a pink (Dianthus species) and one a Gypsophila. Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • The herball or, generall historie of plantes / Gathered by John Gerarde.
  • Sweet vernal grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum): seedhead and leafy stems. Coloured etching, c. 1805.
  • Blue iris flowers. Watercolour by A. Sherlock, 1901.
  • Leaves and flowers of bramble (Rubus species). Pen and watercolour drawings.
  • Cineraria lobata: flowering stem and floral segments. Line engraving by F. Hubert, c. 1788, after P. J. Redouté.
  • Ivy leaves. Pen and pencil drawings.
  • Greater celandine (Chelidonium majus): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured etching by A. Duménil, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • Lime tree (Tilia sp.) in open landscape at Waterstock, Oxfordshire. Soft-ground etching by W. Delamotte, 1805.
  • A sheoak or swamp oak (Casuarina stricta): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured engraving, c. 1804, after H. Andrews.
  • Grape vine on trellis. Pencil drawing.
  • Thorn-apple or Jamestown weed (Datura stramonium): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured etching by A. Duménil, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • The herball or, generall historie of plantes / Gathered by John Gerarde.
  • 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.
  • Dryandra nivea: flowering stem with floral segments. Engraving by C. Dien, c.1798, after P. J. Redouté.
  • Seven flowering plants, one possibly a kingcup and six pinks (Dianthus species). Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • A palm tree with detailed paintings of the trunk and leaf. Watercolour, 1849.
  • Palm tree (Cocos nucifera?) in arid landscape. Watercolour, 1862.
  • Six flowering plants, possibly including a gorse, an Allium species and two Aquilegia species. Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • A plant (Trigonella species): flowering and fruiting stems with seed. Watercolour.
  • Bird's foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) and common vetch (Lathyrus pratensis): entire flowering plants. Coloured etching by A. Duménil, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.