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Buxus

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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.
  • Leaves and twigs of lilac (Syringa), box (Buxus) and alder (Alnus). Watercolour, pencil and pen drawings.
  • Japanese box (Buxus microphylla): branch with leaves. Coloured pen drawing by S. Kawano.
  • Four flowering plants, three types of spurge (Euphorbia species) and box (Buxus sempervirens). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

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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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    Leaves and twigs of lilac (Syringa), box (Buxus) and alder (Alnus). Watercolour, pencil and pen drawings.

    | Reference: 22388i
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    Common box twig (Buxus sempervirens) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

    | Date: 1 January 1831 | Reference: 24184i
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    Observations on box (buxus sempervirens), with especial reference to the true nature of tetanus / by Sydney Ringer and William Murrell.

    Ringer, Sydney, 1835-1910. | Date: 1876
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    Four flowering plants, three types of spurge (Euphorbia species) and box (Buxus sempervirens). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

    W. Dickes & Co. | Date: [1855] | Reference: 24809i
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