Four female torsos joined at the waist with garden features as heads; symbolising the four seasons in a garden. Etching by T. B., c. 1797.

Flora, seu de florum cvltvra lib. IV / [Giovanni Battista Ferrari].

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

Eight plants, including two orchids and an iris: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

Seven garden plants, including an orchid and a fuchsia: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

Seven plants, including an Australian honeysuckle: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1833.

Seven British garden plants, including two orchids: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1833.

An Indian azalea (Rhododendron cultivar): flowering stem. Chromolithograph by L. Stroobant, c. 1863, after J. Vandamme.

Eight plants, including five orchids: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

Seven garden plants, including a Cape jasmine: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

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

20 unnumbered leaves, 237 pages, 1 unnumbered bl. leaves ; (8vo)

Of gardens. Four books / First written in Latine verse by Renatus Rapinvs. And now made English by J[ohn] E[velyn the younger].

12 unnumbered leaves, 239 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves, 8 unnumbered leaves of engr. plates : add. engr. title page, title page in red & black, illustrations ; (folio)

Flora: seu, de florum cultura. Or, a complete florilege, furnished with all the requisites belonging to a florist / In III books. By John Rea. [-Ceres. The second book.-Pomona. The third book].

Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.

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Seven garden plants, including a Cape jasmine: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

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

Of gardens. Four books / First written in Latine verse by Renatus Rapinvs. And now made English by J[ohn] E[velyn the younger].

Flora: seu, de florum cultura. Or, a complete florilege, furnished with all the requisites belonging to a florist / In III books. By John Rea. [-Ceres. The second book.-Pomona. The third book].

Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.

Horticulture

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Seven garden plants, including a Cape jasmine: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

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

Of gardens. Four books / First written in Latine verse by Renatus Rapinvs. And now made English by J[ohn] E[velyn the younger].

Flora: seu, de florum cultura. Or, a complete florilege, furnished with all the requisites belonging to a florist / In III books. By John Rea. [-Ceres. The second book.-Pomona. The third book].

Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.

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