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Birds and plants from Persia, including turtledoves, senna plant, terpentine plant, pomegranate flowers and tree and pumpkin . Line engraving by M. Pool after C. de Bruin, 1704.

A fruiting branch of common persimmon tree (Diospyros virginiana) with two fungi. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1808, after J. Ihle.

A plant (Diospyros mabola): flowering stem. Coloured engraving by S. Watts, c. 1828, after J. Lindley.

Japanese persimmon fruit (Diospyros kaki) and a leafy stem of yew (Taxus species). Watercolour.

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Japanese persimmon fruit (Diospyros kaki) and a leafy stem of yew (Taxus species). Watercolour.

Birds and plants from Persia, including turtledoves, senna plant, terpentine plant, pomegranate flowers and tree and pumpkin . Line engraving by M. Pool after C. de Bruin, 1704.

A plant (Diospyros mabola): flowering stem. Coloured engraving by S. Watts, c. 1828, after J. Lindley.

A fruiting branch of common persimmon tree (Diospyros virginiana) with two fungi. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1808, after J. Ihle.