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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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Passion fruit (Passiflora edulis): flowering stem, fruit and floral segments. Engraving with etching, c. 1828, after J. Hart.
Hart, J. T., active 1833-1840.Date: 1 October 1828Reference: 25328i
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An anemone (Anemone species): flowering stem and leaf. Coloured engraving by S. Watts, c. 1831, after M. Hart.
Hart, M., active 1820-1840.Date: 1 February 1831Reference: 25896i
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A flowering plant (Bignonia capensis). Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after Guenébeaud.
Guenébeaud.Date: 1850Reference: 27074i
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Seven garden plants, including an orchid and a fuchsia: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1836.
Date: 1836Reference: 27506i
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Four flowering plants: a yellow monkey flower (Mimulus luteus) and three pansies (Viola cultivars). Coloured engraving by J. & J. Parkin, 1833, after C. W. Harrison.
Harrison, C. W.Date: [1833-59]Reference: 26171i
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A cultivar of garden pea (Pisum sativum) and of variegated kale (Brassica oleracea acephala). Chromolithograph, c. 1890.
Date: [1890]Reference: 25357i
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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.
Sheldrake, Timothy, active 1740-1770.Date: [1759]Reference: 18221i
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Female liane of Chilli (Lardizabala biternata Ruíz & Pavón): fruiting stem with tendrils and floral segments. Engraving by Heath, c.1798, after Prevost.
Prévost, Benoît Louis, approximately 1735-1804?Date: 1 November 1798Reference: 18604i
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Grenadine (Punica granatum) flowers and tree and a mixture of fruit and vegetables, in separate plates. Line engraving by M. Pool after C. de Bruins, 1704.
Bruyn, Cornelis de, 1652-1727.Date: [1718]Reference: 20253i
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Seven garden plants, including an orchid and an amaryllis: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1836.
Date: 1836Reference: 27509i
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A plant, possibly a Roscoea species: flowers, leaves and roots. Watercolour.
Reference: 23108i
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Pineapple (Ananas comosus): large fruit on the end of a leafy stem. Coloured zincograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1842.
Burnett, M. A., active 1850.Date: [1839-42]Reference: 23798i
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Zoography; or, the beauties of nature displayed, in select descriptions from the animal, and vegetable, with additions from the mineral kingdom. Systematical arranged / By W. Wood ... Ill. with plates, designed and engraved by Mr. William Daniell.
Wood, W. (William), 1774-1857.Date: 1807
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Seven British garden plants, including two orchids: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1833.
Date: 1833Reference: 27428i
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Four plants, possibly pinks (Dianthus species): flowering stems. Watercolour.
Reference: 23077i
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Four seedheads of different grasses (Gramineae species): Cynosorus crocanus, buntee?, Paspalum kora and Panicum miliaceum or common millet. Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1780.
Forbes, James, 1749-1819.Date: [1st June 1813]Reference: 20072i
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Arabian coffee tree (Coffea arabica): flowering stem, fruit and seed. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.
Burnett, M. A., active 1850.Date: [1853]Reference: 23987i
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Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
Date: 1837Reference: 27375i
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An orchid (Thunia marshali): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1899.
Date: 1899Reference: 21236i
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A dayflower (Commelina species): flowering stem with separate flower. Watercolour.
Reference: 23408i
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A foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) and orange lily (Lilium bulbiferum): flowering stems with butterfly and other insect. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
Robert, Nicolas, 1614-1685.Date: [c. 1660]Reference: 24923i
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Alecost or costmary (Balsamita major Desf.): flowering stem with separate leaf 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: 18226i
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An orchid (Dendrobium chrysotis): flowering stem. Coloured zincograph by J. Mac Farlane, c. 1871, after himself.
MacFarlane, J. L., 1836-approximately 1913.Date: 1871Reference: 28123i
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An orchid (Cattleya mossiae): flower and leaf. Watercolour, 1899.
Date: 1899Reference: 21187i