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Saxifraga

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  • Saxifrage or rockfoil (Saxifraga hirculus): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1802.
  • Saxifrage or rockfoil (Saxifraga rotundifolia): flowering and fruiting plant rising from earth mound with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Seven garden plants, including two orchids: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1835.
  • Saxifrage or rockfoil (Saxifraga sp.): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Two flowering plants: meadow saxifrage (Saxifraga granulata) and wall pepper or stonecrop (Sedum acre).
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    Two flowering plants: primroses (Primula species) and saxifrages (Saxifraga species). Coloured lithographs by E. Champin, c. 1850, after herself.

    Champin, Elisa-Honorine, -1871. | Date: 1850 | Reference: 27097i
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    Saxifrage or rockfoil (Saxifraga nivalis): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1797.

    Sowerby, James, 1757-1822. | Date: 1 November 1797 | Reference: 25113i
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    Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.

    Sowerby, John E. (John Edward), 1825-1870. | Date: 1861 | Reference: 24542i
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    Saxifrage or rockfoil (Saxifraga umbrosa): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1799.

    Sowerby, James, 1757-1822. | Date: 1 November 1799 | Reference: 25097i
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    Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.

    Sowerby, John E. (John Edward), 1825-1870. | Date: 1861 | Reference: 24540i
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