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Plant varieties

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  • Two flowers from different varieties of pelargonium (Pelargonium species). Coloured lithograph.
  • A Chilean bellflower (Lapageria rosea): flowering stem. Coloured lithograph, c. 1855.
  • A càntaloupe' melon (Cucumis melo subsp. melo): one opened fruit and many fruits under cultivation. Chromolithograph, c. 1890.
  • Three flowers from different varieties of pelargonium (Pelargonium species). Coloured engraving by D. Hayes, 1842, after A. Penley.
  • Three hybrids of the Australian fuchsia plant (Correa species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph, c. 1856.
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Catalogue

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    Three flowering cultivars of stocks (Matthiola species). Chromolithograph, c. 1890.

    | Date: 1890 | Reference: 25350i
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    Trade, intellectual property, food and biodiversity : key issues and options for the 1999 review of Article 27.3(b) of the TRIPS Agreement : a discussion paper / by Geoff Tansey.

    Tansey, Geoff. | Date: [1999]
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    A Chilean bellflower (Lapageria rosea): flowering stem. Coloured lithograph, c. 1855.

    | Date: [1833-59] | Reference: 26168i
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    Four flowering plants: a yellow monkey flower (Mimulus luteus) and three pansies (Viola cultivars). Coloured engraving by J. & J. Parkin, 1833, after C. W. Harrison.

    Harrison, C. W. | Date: [1833-59] | Reference: 26171i
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    A cultivar of garden pea (Pisum sativum) and of variegated kale (Brassica oleracea acephala). Chromolithograph, c. 1890.

    | Date: [1890] | Reference: 25357i
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