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Arabis

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  • Rock or wall cress (Arabis turrita): flowering stem, leaves and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1794.
  • Rock or wall cress (Arabis thaliana): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments, opened fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Rock or wall cress (Arabis stricta): flowering stem, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1798.
  • Rock or wall cress (Arabis pendula L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate root, fruit and flower. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Seven garden plants, including an orchid: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
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    Six flowering plants, including wall cress (Arabis species) and rock cress (Arabis species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

    W. Dickes & Co. | Date: [1855] | Reference: 24763i
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    Rock or wall cress (Arabis alpina): flowering stem. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1793.

    | Date: 1 May 1793 | Reference: 25816i
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    Rock or wall cress (Arabis stricta): flowering stem, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1798.

    Sowerby, James, 1757-1822. | Date: 1 August 1798 | Reference: 25188i
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    Five British wild flowers, including coral-root (Dentaria bulbifera), lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis) and rock cress (Arabis species). Coloured lithograph, c. 1846, after H. Humphreys.

    Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810-1879. | Date: [1846] | Reference: 24626i
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    Seven British garden plants, including a cardoon: flowering stems and some floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1833.

    | Date: 1833 | Reference: 27422i
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