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  • A crocus (Crocus stellaris): entire flowering plant and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1812.
  • Autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale): flowering plant, leaves and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1836.
  • Eight plants, including three orchids, a crocus and a begonia: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • Eight plants, including two orchids, a crocus and some tulips: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • Four British garden plants, including a paeony and crocus: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.
  • Dutch crocus (Crocus vernus): four diagrams of a whole and sectioned flowering plant. Partially coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
  • Four poisonous plants: hemlock (Conium maculatum), henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), opium lettuce (Lactuca virosa) and autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale). Coloured engraving by J. Johnstone.
  • A field surrounded by wooded hills, with a saffron crocus in the foreground and verses below. Etching by Matthäus Merian the elder ca. 1646.
  • Three plants, an anenome, a mercury and a crocus: entire flowering plants. Colour nature print, c. 1860.
  • Saffron crocus (Crocus sativus L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments and bulb and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.
  • Autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale): entire flowering and fruiting plants. Coloured etching by A. Duménil, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • Various stages in the formation of the fruit of different flowers. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.
  • A crocus: entire flowering plant with separate bulb and floral segments. 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.
  • Two entire flowering plants, a yellow crocus (Crocus species) and a herb Paris (Paris quadrifolia). Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.