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Allium

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  • Wild garlic plant (Allium ursinum) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • A leek (Allium ampeloprasum) and sandleek (Allium scorodoprasum): flowerheads. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
  • Six flowering plants, possibly including a gorse, an Allium species and two Aquilegia species. Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • Four plants, all with different forms of bracts, sheaths or spathes. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
  • A plant (Allium angulosum): flowering stem and leaf. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1808, after S. Edwards.
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    Field garlic (Allium oleraceum): flowering stem and leaves. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.

    Smith, Worthington George, 1835-1917. | Date: [1863-1880] | Reference: 24407i
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    A flower head, possibly of an Allium species. Watercolour.

    | Reference: 21901i
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    Wild garlic plant (Allium ursinum) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

    | Date: 1 August 1831 | Reference: 24211i
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    Seven garden plants, including an orchid and an amaryllis: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

    | Date: 1836 | Reference: 27509i
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    A leek (Allium ampeloprasum) and sandleek (Allium scorodoprasum): flowerheads. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.

    Smith, Worthington George, 1835-1917. | Date: [1863-1880] | Reference: 24497i
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