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Spireas

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  • Dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris): flowering stem, leaves, roots and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.
  • Three British wild flowers, including dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris) and meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria). Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.
  • Spiraea cana: flowering stem with root and separate floral segments. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.
  • Roots of ginger (Zingiber officinale) and of dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris). Watercolour.
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    Dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris): flowering stem, leaves, roots and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.

    Sowerby, James, 1757-1822. | Date: 1 Nov 1795 | Reference: 24956i
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    Roots of ginger (Zingiber officinale) and of dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris). Watercolour.

    | Reference: 22090i
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    An experimental inquiry into the botanical history, chemical properties, and medicinal virtues, of the Spiræa tomentosa of Linnæus / by Elijah Mead.

    Mead, Elijah. | Date: 1821
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    Spiraea cana: flowering stem with root and separate floral segments. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.

    Schütz, Johann. | Date: [1802/12] | Reference: 18442i
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    Three British wild flowers, including dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris) and meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria). Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.

    Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810-1879. | Date: [1856] | Reference: 24635i
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