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Eight plants, including an orchid, a magnolia and a cactus: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

A magnolia: flowering stem. Coloured pencil drawing by H. Paw.

China: magnolia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

A Magnolia species: flowering stem with labelled floral segments, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by G. D. Ehret, c.1737, after himself.

An inaugural dissertation on the Magnolia glauca, or common white laurel-tree : submitted to the examination of the Rev'd. John Ewing ..., the Trustees and medical professors, of the University of Pennsylvania, on the 27th day of May, 1802, for the degree of Doctor of Medicine / by Thomas D. Price.

Lockdown 21 March - 14 May 2020 : pink magnolia x soulangeana / Sean McCavera.

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A magnolia: flowering stem. Coloured pencil drawing by H. Paw.

An inaugural dissertation on the Magnolia glauca, or common white laurel-tree : submitted to the examination of the Rev'd. John Ewing ..., the Trustees and medical professors, of the University of Pennsylvania, on the 27th day of May, 1802, for the degree of Doctor of Medicine / by Thomas D. Price.

A Magnolia species: flowering stem with labelled floral segments, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by G. D. Ehret, c.1737, after himself.

Lockdown 21 March - 14 May 2020 : pink magnolia x soulangeana / Sean McCavera.

China: magnolia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.