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Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant resembling the fangs of a viper, above, and (below) a viper. Coloured ink drawing, c. 1923, after G.B. Della Porta.
Porta, Giambattista della, approximately 1535-1615.Date: 1923Reference: 524731i
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Redkie i ischezai︠u︡shchie rasteni︠︡ia Ukrainy : spravochnik / V. I. Chopik ; [K. M. Sytnik, otvetstvennyĭ redaktor].
Chopik, V. I. (Vladimir Ivanovich)Date: 1978
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Enumeration of all the plants known from China proper, Formosa, Hainan, the Corea, the Luchu archipelago, and the island of Hongkong : together with their distribution and synonymy / [Francis Blackwell Forbes and William Botting Hemsley].
Forbes, Francis Blackwell, 1839-1908.Date: 1886-1905
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Alpine rice grass (Ehrharta colensoi Hook f.): plant with floral segments. Lithograph, c. 1880, after J. Buchanan.
Buchanan, John, -1898.Date: [1880]Reference: 20512i
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Two scabious plants (Scabiosa ucranica and Scabiosa graminifolia): flowering stems with floral segments. Line engraving by J. Hill, c. 1772, after himself.
Hill, John, active 1716-1720.Date: [1759-1775]Reference: 20748i
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Botanic Gardens, Oxford: showing the fountain and greenhouses, with a glimpse of Magdalen College behind. Line engraving by J. Le Keux, 1836, after F. Mackenzie.
Mackenzie, Frederick, 1787 or 1788-1854.Date: 1 March 1836Reference: 21218i
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Common ash (Fraxinus excelsior): leaves, flowers and seed. Coloured engraving, c. 1792, after F. J. Schultz.
Schultz, Franz Johann.Date: [1792-1804]Reference: 20783i
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A selected guide to literature on the flowering plants of Mexico / by Ida Kaplan Langman.
Langman, Ida K. (Ida Kaplan)Date: 1964
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Fruiting branch of a sapodillo tree (Manilkara zapota) and four mites. Coloured etching, c. 1808, after J. Ihle.
Ihle, Johann-Eberhard, 1727-1814.Date: 30 January 1808Reference: 25370i
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A field surrounded by wooded hills, with a saffron crocus in the foreground and verses below. Etching by Matthäus Merian the elder ca. 1646.
Date: [1646?]Reference: 24650i
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Madonna lily or Bourbon lily (Lilium candidum): flower. Watercolour.
Reference: 21996i
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Ornamented borders of Tartary oak (Quercus McCormickii), anchors and a polar bear round images of the Antarctic Sea with penguin and boat. Pencil drawing, c.1844.
Reference: 18610i
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Gardening : the rockwool book / by George F. Van Patten.
Van Patten, George F.Date: [1991]
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Palm tree (Cocos nucifera?) in arid landscape. Watercolour, 1862.
Date: 1862Reference: 22217i
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Nanna, oder, Über das Seelenleben der Pflanzen / von Gustav Theodor Fechner.
Fechner, Gustav Theodor, 1801-1887.Date: 1908
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Bird-of-paradise plant (Strelitzia reginae): flower and leaf. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).
Reference: 22163i
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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.
Titford, William Jowit.Date: 1811
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Lamb's-lettuce (Valerianella sp.): entire flowering plant with separate flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
Date: [1774]Reference: 16783i
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The boxed initials of three of the Passe family and two plants: a Paspalum grass and Passerina species. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1821.
Date: [1821]Reference: 25516i
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Rock or wall cress (Arabis alpina): flowering stem. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1793.
Date: 1 May 1793Reference: 25816i
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Flora of Guernsey and the lesser Channel Islands : namely Alderney, Sark, Herm, Jethou, and the adjacent islets / [Ernest David Marquand].
Marquand, Ernest David.Date: 1901
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The triumph of seeds : how grains, nuts, kernels, pulses, & pips, conquered the plant kingdom and shaped human history / Thor Hanson.
Hanson, ThorDate: 2015
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A plant (a species of Primulaceae): entire flowering plant with separate flower sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
Date: [1772]Reference: 16680i
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Three species of bryony (Bryonia) plant: flowering stems with leaves. Line engraving by J. Hill, c. 1773, after himself.
Hill, John, active 1716-1720.Date: [1759-1775]Reference: 20742i
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Alphita : a medico-botanical glossary from the Bodleian manuscript, Selden B. 35 / edited by J.L.G. Mowat.
Date: 1887

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Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant resembling the fangs of a viper, above, and (below) a viper. Coloured ink drawing, c. 1923, after G.B. Della Porta.

Redkie i ischezai︠u︡shchie rasteni︠︡ia Ukrainy : spravochnik / V. I. Chopik ; [K. M. Sytnik, otvetstvennyĭ redaktor].

Enumeration of all the plants known from China proper, Formosa, Hainan, the Corea, the Luchu archipelago, and the island of Hongkong : together with their distribution and synonymy / [Francis Blackwell Forbes and William Botting Hemsley].

Alpine rice grass (Ehrharta colensoi Hook f.): plant with floral segments. Lithograph, c. 1880, after J. Buchanan.

Two scabious plants (Scabiosa ucranica and Scabiosa graminifolia): flowering stems with floral segments. Line engraving by J. Hill, c. 1772, after himself.

Botanic Gardens, Oxford: showing the fountain and greenhouses, with a glimpse of Magdalen College behind. Line engraving by J. Le Keux, 1836, after F. Mackenzie.

Common ash (Fraxinus excelsior): leaves, flowers and seed. Coloured engraving, c. 1792, after F. J. Schultz.

A selected guide to literature on the flowering plants of Mexico / by Ida Kaplan Langman.

Fruiting branch of a sapodillo tree (Manilkara zapota) and four mites. Coloured etching, c. 1808, after J. Ihle.

A field surrounded by wooded hills, with a saffron crocus in the foreground and verses below. Etching by Matthäus Merian the elder ca. 1646.

Madonna lily or Bourbon lily (Lilium candidum): flower. Watercolour.

Ornamented borders of Tartary oak (Quercus McCormickii), anchors and a polar bear round images of the Antarctic Sea with penguin and boat. Pencil drawing, c.1844.

Gardening : the rockwool book / by George F. Van Patten.

Palm tree (Cocos nucifera?) in arid landscape. Watercolour, 1862.

Nanna, oder, Über das Seelenleben der Pflanzen / von Gustav Theodor Fechner.

Bird-of-paradise plant (Strelitzia reginae): flower and leaf. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).

Lamb's-lettuce (Valerianella sp.): entire flowering plant with separate flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

The boxed initials of three of the Passe family and two plants: a Paspalum grass and Passerina species. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1821.

Rock or wall cress (Arabis alpina): flowering stem. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1793.

Flora of Guernsey and the lesser Channel Islands : namely Alderney, Sark, Herm, Jethou, and the adjacent islets / [Ernest David Marquand].

The triumph of seeds : how grains, nuts, kernels, pulses, & pips, conquered the plant kingdom and shaped human history / Thor Hanson.

A plant (a species of Primulaceae): entire flowering plant with separate flower sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

Three species of bryony (Bryonia) plant: flowering stems with leaves. Line engraving by J. Hill, c. 1773, after himself.

Alphita : a medico-botanical glossary from the Bodleian manuscript, Selden B. 35 / edited by J.L.G. Mowat.