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  • Canary creeper (Tropaeolum peregrinum): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1879, after F. Hulme.
  • A flowering orange lily. Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after Guenébeaud.
  • Flamingo flowers (Anthurium scherzerianum): flowers and leaves. Coloured lithograph, c. 1862, after W. Fitch.
  • Sweet vernal grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum): seedhead and leafy stems. Coloured etching, c. 1805.
  • Banana plant (Musa species): flowering and fruiting plant with stolons and separate floral segments and sectioned fruit, also a description of the plant's growth, anatomical labels and a scale bar. Etching by G. D. Ehret, c. 1742, after himself.
  • Campion (Lychnis sp.): entire male and female flowering plants with their respective floral segments. Engraving by J.Caldwell, c.1805, after P.Henderson.
  • An ornate garden obelisk flanked by statues of women holding garden produce. Etching by J. Goeree after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.
  • An olive plant (Olea europea): fruiting branch. Coloured lithograph by B. Chirat, c. 1850, after himself.
  • Seven garden plants, including two orchids: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1835.
  • Double and single paeony (Paeonia sp.): flowering stem of the double peony with a separate single paeony flower and floral segments. Engraving by Hopwood, c.1802, after P.Henderson.
  • A lily (Lilium persicum): flowering stem with butterfly, moth and beetle. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Ketaki (Pandanus tectorius Sol. ex Parkinson): flower and young fruit. Coloured aquatint after J. Forbes, 1769.
  • Braddick's American peach (Prunus persica cv.): fruiting branch, flowers and cut fruit. Coloured etching, c. 1812.
  • Orange lily (Lilium species): flowering stem. Coloured etching by J. Harris, c. 1805.
  • Seven garden plants, including an orchid: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
  • Two orchids, a whole Comparettia species and single flowers of a Schomburgkia species. Coloured pencil drawing.
  • Sheep's-bit plant (Jasione montana) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • Bee Larkspur (Delphinium sp. var.): flowering stem with separate labelled floral segments. Engraving by J. Caldwall, c.1805, after P. Henderson.
  • A fig plant (Ficus carica): fruiting stem and halved fruit. Coloured zincograph by J. Macfarlane, c. 1872, after himself.
  • Four British garden plants, including a glory pea: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • Common box tree (Buxus sempervirens L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H. Hemerich, c.1759, after T. Sheldrake.
  • Flowers of three different varieties of pansy (Viola species). Coloured engraving by J. & J. Parkin, c. 1835.
  • Citron (Citrus medica): fruiting branch. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1800, after J. Ihle.
  • Parsnip (Pastinaca species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • Arabian coffee tree (Coffea arabica): flowering stem, fruit and seed. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.
  • A daffodil (Narcissus species): two flowering stems, one in outline only. Etching, c. 1787.
  • Seven British garden plants: flowering stems and some floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1833.
  • Wax plant (Hoya carnosa): flowering stem. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).
  • A tropical orchid (Bulbophyllum species): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving by G. Barclay, c. 1842, after S. Drake.
  • Melon (Cucumis melo): stem with large fruit and flowers. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1843.