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Cytisus

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Images from the collections

Images about Cytisus

4 images from works
  • A leopard facing left surrounded by various named flowers and insects. Etching by W. Hollar, 1662, after himself.
  • Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • Two plants, Spanish broom (Spartium junceum) and gorse (Ulex europaeus): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • Seven plants, including three orchids and a broom: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

Works from the collections

9 works

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    The country gentleman's companion. Or, Ancient husbandry restored; and modern husbandry improved. Shewing: I. The most expeditious manner of raising and propagating foreign sallads and other kitchen plants. II. The method of burning clay. III. The great improvement of land by grass seeds. IV. The excellency of the medicago, or cythisus maranthae of the ancients / [Stephen Switzer].

    Switzer, Stephen, 1682?-1745. | Date: 1732
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    Broom (Genista sibirica): flowering stem with pod and seed. Coloured engraving, c. 1792, after F. J. Schultz.

    Schultz, Franz Johann. | Date: [1792-1804] | Reference: 20787i
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    Seven plants, including three orchids and a broom: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

    | Date: 1836 | Reference: 27796i
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    A sovereign remedy for the dropsy. Published by desire, for public benefit.

    | Date: 1783
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    Broom (Genista sagittalis): flowering stem with pod and seed. Coloured engraving, c. 1792, after F. J. Schultz.

    Schultz, Franz Johann. | Date: [1792-1804] | Reference: 20788i
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Legumes
Plants
Flowers
Botany
Plants, Ornamental
Horticulture

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