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St. John's wort or tutsan (Hypericum androsaemum L.): flowering and fruiting stems, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
Reference: 17299i
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Dishcloth gourd (Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.): whole and sectioned fruit and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1776]Reference: 18107i
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Comfrey (Symphytum officinale L.): flowering stem with separate leaf and rootstock. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
Date: [1774]Reference: 16793i
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Hyssop (Hyssop officinalis 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.
Sheldrake, Timothy, active 1740-1770.Date: [1759]Reference: 18231i
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Maritime or cluster pine (Pinus pinaster): branch with cones and a single cone. Engraving by J.W. Lowry, c. 1835, after W.B. Booth.
Booth, W. B.Date: [1812-48]Reference: 26428i
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Five Egyptian trees with fruit, including the tamarind, mulberry fig and baobab. Line engraving, c. 1676.
Date: [1676]Reference: 20837i
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Cotton plant (Gossypium species): flowering stem. Watercolour by J.E.F.
F. J. E.Reference: 22139i
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Barbados aloe plant (Aloe vera): flowering stem. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1796, after J. Ihle.
Ihle, Johann-Eberhard, 1727-1814.Date: 5 November 1796Reference: 25382i
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Ketaki (Pandanus tectorius Sol. ex Parkinson): flower and young fruit. Coloured aquatint after J. Forbes, 1769.
Forbes, James, 1749-1819.Date: [1st June 1813]Reference: 20096i
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Water figwort (Scrophularia auriculata L.): flowering stem with separate rhizome, sectioned fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
Date: [1774]Reference: 16973i
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Cucumber, (Cucumis prophetarum): flowering and fruiting stems with sectioned fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1770]Reference: 17480i
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Pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium) and creeping thyme (Thymus serpyllum): entire flowering plants. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
Naudin, Philibert, active 1870.Date: [1865]Reference: 24687i
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Browallia americana L.: entire flowering plant with separate parts of fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
Date: [1774]Reference: 17029i
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Talipot palms (Corypha umbraculifera) growing beside and on other plants with two people in foreground. Aquatint by T. Medland, c. 1807, after J. Cordiner.
Cordiner, James, the rev., 1775-1836.Date: 4 June 1807Reference: 20998i
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A plant (Salsola soda L.) related to saltwort: entire fruiting plant with separate segments of flower, fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1770]Reference: 17657i
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Helmet flower (Aconitum anthora 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.
Sheldrake, Timothy, active 1740-1770.Date: [1759]Reference: 18230i
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Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1903.
Date: 1903Reference: 21104i
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Brookweed (Samolus valerandi L.): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
Date: [1774]Reference: 16847i
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Bunium bulbocastanum L.: entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
Date: [1778]Reference: 17383i
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Ammi (Trachyspermum ammi (L.) Sprague): flowering stem with separate root, flower, fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1772]Reference: 17832i
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Common or scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis f. caerulea (Schreber) Baumg.): flowering and fruiting stems with root and separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
Date: [1774]Reference: 16846i
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A border of plants from a Roman garden in the 1st century A.D., with the main plants labelled. Photograph.
Reference: 26632i
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Peruvian rhatany (Krameria triandra): flowering and fruiting plant with roots and fruit segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1843.
Burnett, M. A., active 1850.Date: [1843]Reference: 23814i
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Kembang or Kooning (Cassia surattensis Burm.f.): branch with flowers. Coloured line engraving.
Date: [1686]Reference: 16083i
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Lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria majalis): flowering stem with leaves and separate roots. Partially coloured lithograph by F. Waller, c. 1863, after C. Gower.
Gower, Charlotte.Date: [1863-1880]Reference: 24383i