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Four plant stems with catkins, all from named types of willow (Salix species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

Female catkins on a willow tree, representing an archaic Chinese nickname for sexually transmitted diseases, with the message that AIDS is worse. Colour lithograph by AIDS Concern, Hong Kong, ca. 1997.

Basket willow (Salix viminalis): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1903.

A willow (Salix violacea): leafy and flowering branches with floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1804, after H. Andrews.

Four plant stems with catkins, all from types of willow (Salix species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

A willow (Salix species): branch with leaves. Pencil drawing by S. Kawano.

Three plant stems with catkins, all from named types of willow (Salix species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

Four rows of leaves of varying form, including some of holly (Ilex species) and willow (Salix species). Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.

De cortice salicis cortici peruviano substituendo : disputatio posterior ... / defendet Justus Gulielmus Günz.

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Salix

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Images referencing Salix

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De cortice salicis cortici peruviano substituendo : disputatio posterior ... / defendet Justus Gulielmus Günz.

Four plant stems with catkins, all from types of willow (Salix species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

Four plant stems with catkins, all from named types of willow (Salix species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

Basket willow (Salix viminalis): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1903.

Four plant stems with catkins, all from named types of willow (Salix species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

Salix

Images from the collections

Images referencing Salix

Works from the collections

De cortice salicis cortici peruviano substituendo : disputatio posterior ... / defendet Justus Gulielmus Günz.

Four plant stems with catkins, all from types of willow (Salix species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

Four plant stems with catkins, all from named types of willow (Salix species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

Basket willow (Salix viminalis): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1903.

Four plant stems with catkins, all from named types of willow (Salix species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

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