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Eight plants, including three orchids and a rose: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1837.

Seven plants, including an orchid, a campanula and a penstemon: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1835.

Three flowering plants: a garden dahlia (Dahlia cultivar), a calamint (Calamintha coccinea) and a verbena (Verbena tweediana). Coloured engraving by J. & J. Parkin.

A plant (Verbena urtica folia): flowering stem with separate leaf and floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.

Three flowers: a garden verbena (Verbena teucrioides), a mallow (Malva coccineum) and a salvia (Salvia patens). Coloured aquatint by A. Adlard, c. 1838.

Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.

Seven garden plants, including an orchid: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

A plant (Verbena communis): flowering stem with separate floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.

Five British wild flowers, including broomrape (Orobanche caerulea), vervain (Verbena officinalis) and toothwort (Lathraea squamaria). Coloured lithograph, c. 1846, after H. Humphreys.

Seven garden plants, including an orchid and an Australian honeysuckle: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

Four British garden plants, including a paeony and penstemon: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

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Verbena

Images from the collections

Images about Verbena

Works from the collections

Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.

Four British garden plants, including a paeony and penstemon: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

Eight plants, including three orchids and a rose: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1837.

Seven garden plants, including an orchid and an Australian honeysuckle: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

Seven garden plants, including an orchid: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

Verbena

Images from the collections

Images about Verbena

Works from the collections

Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.

Four British garden plants, including a paeony and penstemon: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

Eight plants, including three orchids and a rose: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1837.

Seven garden plants, including an orchid and an Australian honeysuckle: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

Seven garden plants, including an orchid: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

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