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Rock plants

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  • A flowering alpine milkwort (Polygala chamaebuxus var. grandiflora). Chromolithograph, c. 1878, after H. Moon.
  • Two flowering plants: a phlox (Phlox subulata) above a violet (Viola hederacea) Chromolithograph, c. 1870, after A. F. Lydon.
  • A stonecrop (Sedum villosum): entire flowering plant. Coloured lithograph, c. 1863, after C. Gower.
  • Stonecrop or wall pepper plant (Sedum acre) with an associated beetle and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.
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    A plant (Oxyria digyna): flowering and leafy stem. Coloured lithograph by F. Waller, c. 1863, after C. Gower.

    Gower, Charlotte. | Date: [1863-1880] | Reference: 24380i
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    Stonecrop or wall pepper plant (Sedum acre) with an associated beetle and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

    | Date: 1 November 1831 | Reference: 24224i
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    Rock-jasmine (Androsace sp.): entire flowering plant with separate single flower and corolla. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

    | Date: [1774] | Reference: 16769i
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    A hart's tongue fern (Asplenium scolopendrium) growing on a pile of mossy rocks. Watercolour.

    | Reference: 23619i
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    Rue-leaved whitlow grass (Paronychia serpyllifolia DC.): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H. Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.

    Sheldrake, Timothy, active 1740-1770. | Date: [1759] | Reference: 18248i
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