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Mugwort (Artemisia campestris): flowering stem, leaves, roots and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.
Sowerby, James, 1757-1822.Date: 1 August 1796Reference: 24960i
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SEM of open stoma on lettuce leaf
Debbie Marshall
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A plant (Cacalia sonchifolia): flowering stem and root. Watercolour.
Reference: 22465i
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Cornflower or bachelor's-buttons (Centaurea cyanus 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: 18218i
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Daises (Bellis species) and eyebrights (Euphrasia species): various illustrations of leaves, stems and flowers. Watercolour, pencil and pen drawings.
Reference: 22251i
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Two plants (Onoseris species): flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured lithograph.
Reference: 27140i
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A plant (Carduus argentatus L.) related to scotch thistle: flowering stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1772]Reference: 17825i
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A plant, possibly cudweed (Gnaphalium): entire flowering plant. Watercolour.
Reference: 22409i
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Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.
Sowerby, John E. (John Edward), 1825-1870.Date: 1861Reference: 24542i
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Four British garden plants, including a paeony and penstemon: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.
Date: 1836Reference: 27353i
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Knapweed (Centaurea cineraria): flowering stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1770]Reference: 17738i
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Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
Naudin, Philibert, active 1870.Date: [1865]Reference: 24692i
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A griffin facing left surrounded by various flowers, fruits and insects. Engraving by D. Loggan, 1663, after W. Hollar.
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677.Date: [1674]Reference: 24378i
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Two flowering plants, possibly a chrysanthemum and loquat (Eriobotrya japonica). Watercolour.
Reference: 22844i
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Eight plants, including two orchids and a delphinium: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
Date: 1837Reference: 27822i
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A plant, possibly a garden chrysanthemum (Dendranthema): flowering stem and seedlings. Watercolour.
Reference: 23042i
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Fleabane (Erigeron sp.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1776]Reference: 17989i
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Three flowering plants, including coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara), common rue (Ruta graveolens), and a legume. Watercolour, c. 1870.
Date: 1870Reference: 3338943i.17
Part of: Japanese watercolour paintings of flowers.
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Coltsfoot flower and leaf (Tussilago farfara) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Date: 1 August 1831Reference: 24212i
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Six flowering plants, possibly including a gorse, an Allium species and two Aquilegia species. Watercolour, c. 1870.
Date: 1870Reference: 3338943i.45
Part of: Japanese watercolour paintings of flowers.
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Three plants, including a cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) and an iris: flowering stems with two grasshoppers. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
Robert, Nicolas, 1614-1685.Date: [c. 1660]Reference: 24935i
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A garden dahlia (Dahlia 'Mrs. Hansard'): one large flower. Coloured lithograph, c. 1850.
Date: [1833-59]Reference: 26198i
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A knapweed (Centaurea species) with an associated insect and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Date: 1 November 1831Reference: 24225i
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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.
Sheldrake, Timothy, active 1740-1770.Date: [1759]Reference: 18250i
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A plant (Carduus species) related to scotch thistle: flowering stem with root. Watercolour.
Reference: 22471i