Area displaying a wide range of plants labelled with their botanical names

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Psorsalea palaestina: flowering and fruiting stem with separate leaf, fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

Japanese clover (Lespedeza sp.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate leaf, flower, fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Germander (Teucrium massiliense L.): flowering stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

Nerine undulata: entire flowering plant. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Nettle (Urtica nivea L.): flowering stem with separate flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

Brassica adpressa Bois: flowering stem with separate leaf. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

Cyanella capensis L.: entire flowering plant with separate floral segments and bulb. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Hong Kong: Botanical Gardens and Albany, looking south from Government House. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.

Hedge sison (Sison amomum L.): flowering stem with separate leaf, flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Dolichos pubescens: flowering and fruiting stem with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

Morinda umbellata L.: flowering stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

Myrsine melanophleos: flowering stem with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

Wild carrot (Daucus carota L.): flowering stem with separate root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Jardin Royal, Paris: showing figures strolling in the garden. Line engraving by J.B. Scotin the younger.

M0011872: Reproduction of an engraving of the botanic gardens at Chelsea (Chelsea Physic Garden), showing a plan of the garden, the green-houses, and the river with boats on it, from Pierre Élie Félix Perrédès' London botanic gardens, 1906

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Botanical gardens

Images from the collections

Images referencing Botanical gardens

Works from the collections

Dolichos pubescens: flowering and fruiting stem with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

Wild carrot (Daucus carota L.): flowering stem with separate root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Jardin Royal, Paris: showing figures strolling in the garden. Line engraving by J.B. Scotin the younger.

M0011872: Reproduction of an engraving of the botanic gardens at Chelsea (Chelsea Physic Garden), showing a plan of the garden, the green-houses, and the river with boats on it, from Pierre Élie Félix Perrédès' London botanic gardens, 1906

Botanical gardens

Images from the collections

Images referencing Botanical gardens

Works from the collections

Dolichos pubescens: flowering and fruiting stem with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

Wild carrot (Daucus carota L.): flowering stem with separate root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Jardin Royal, Paris: showing figures strolling in the garden. Line engraving by J.B. Scotin the younger.

M0011872: Reproduction of an engraving of the botanic gardens at Chelsea (Chelsea Physic Garden), showing a plan of the garden, the green-houses, and the river with boats on it, from Pierre Élie Félix Perrédès' London botanic gardens, 1906

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