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Golden-leaved alder (Alnus species): leafy shoot. Chromolithograph, c. 1870, after H. Briscoe.

Various leaf forms, leaf venation, bud arrangements and woody stems. Watercolour by I. Sawkins.

A bamboo plant: leafy stems and new shoots in grassland. Watercolour.

Maritime or cluster pine (Pinus pinaster): branch with cones and a single cone. Engraving by J.W. Lowry, c. 1835, after W.B. Booth.

Eight French wild plants, including saffron crocus, barley, pine species, juniper and bladder wrack. Chromolithograph, c. 1915.

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Maritime or cluster pine (Pinus pinaster): branch with cones and a single cone. Engraving by J.W. Lowry, c. 1835, after W.B. Booth.

Eight French wild plants, including saffron crocus, barley, pine species, juniper and bladder wrack. Chromolithograph, c. 1915.

Golden-leaved alder (Alnus species): leafy shoot. Chromolithograph, c. 1870, after H. Briscoe.

A bamboo plant: leafy stems and new shoots in grassland. Watercolour.

Various leaf forms, leaf venation, bud arrangements and woody stems. Watercolour by I. Sawkins.