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Jasmine (Jasminum angustifolium Willd.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate inflorescence, flower and fruits. Coloured line engraving.

Flowering ash (Fraxinus ornus L.): flowering stem. Coloured engraving by H. Fletcher, c. 1730, after J. van Huysum.

Kwei plant (Osmanthus fragrans): flowering stem with floral segments. Coloured etching by J. Miller, c. 1771.

Jasmine (Jasminum hirsutum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1815, after S. Edwards.

An olive plant (Olea europea): fruiting branch. Coloured lithograph by B. Chirat, c. 1850, after himself.

A tree, possibly an ash tree (Fraxinus species), with surrounding vegetation. Lithograph, c. 1822.

Jasmine (Jasminum officinale L.): flowering stem with floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H. Hemerich, c.1759, after T. Sheldrake.

A bunch of flowering lilacs (Syringa vulgaris). Lithograph by E. Champin, c. 1850, after herself.

Seven British garden plants, including a fig: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1833.

Jasmine (Jasminum species): branch with flowers and fruit and separate sections of flowers and fruits with seed. Coloured line engraving.

Jasmine (Jasminum pubescens Roxb.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flowers, fruit and seeds. Coloured line engraving.

Honeysuckle (Lonicera species) and jasmine (Jasminum species): flowering stems. Coloured engraving by H. Fletcher, c. 1730, after J. van Huysum.

Common ash (Fraxinus excelsior): leaves, flowers and seed. Coloured engraving, c. 1792, after F. J. Schultz.

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

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Oleaceae

Images from the collections

Images referencing Oleaceae

Works from the collections

Kwei plant (Osmanthus fragrans): flowering stem with floral segments. Coloured etching by J. Miller, c. 1771.

Common ash (Fraxinus excelsior): leaves, flowers and seed. Coloured engraving, c. 1792, after F. J. Schultz.

Jasmine (Jasminum species): branch with flowers and fruit and separate sections of flowers and fruits with seed. Coloured line engraving.

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

An olive plant (Olea europea): fruiting branch. Coloured lithograph by B. Chirat, c. 1850, after himself.

Oleaceae

Images from the collections

Images referencing Oleaceae

Works from the collections

Kwei plant (Osmanthus fragrans): flowering stem with floral segments. Coloured etching by J. Miller, c. 1771.

Common ash (Fraxinus excelsior): leaves, flowers and seed. Coloured engraving, c. 1792, after F. J. Schultz.

Jasmine (Jasminum species): branch with flowers and fruit and separate sections of flowers and fruits with seed. Coloured line engraving.

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

An olive plant (Olea europea): fruiting branch. Coloured lithograph by B. Chirat, c. 1850, after himself.

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