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Flowering stems of the indigo plant (Indigofera tinctorum) and coffee plant (Coffea arabica). Line engraving after C. de Bruin, 1706.

Indigo plant (Indigofera tinctoria L.): flowering stem with separate flower and fruit segments. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.

Plants, fish and a landscape from the East Indies, including pepper, cocoa, indigo and coffee plants. Line engraving after C. de Bruins, 1706.

Seven garden plants, including a Cape jasmine: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

An indigo plant (Indigofera stachyoides): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving by G. Barclay, c. 1843, after S. Drake.

De indico, medicamine : dissertatio inauguralis medico-therapeutica ... / auctor Fird. Carol. Roth.

An essay on the culture and manufacture of indigo : to which was awarded the prize of eight hundred rupees by the Madras Government, 1860 / by John Shortt.

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Seven garden plants, including a Cape jasmine: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

De indico, medicamine : dissertatio inauguralis medico-therapeutica ... / auctor Fird. Carol. Roth.

Plants, fish and a landscape from the East Indies, including pepper, cocoa, indigo and coffee plants. Line engraving after C. de Bruins, 1706.

Flowering stems of the indigo plant (Indigofera tinctorum) and coffee plant (Coffea arabica). Line engraving after C. de Bruin, 1706.

An essay on the culture and manufacture of indigo : to which was awarded the prize of eight hundred rupees by the Madras Government, 1860 / by John Shortt.