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  • An unidentified plant, possibly a carrot species. Watercolour.
  • Pepper plant (Piper nigrum L.): fruiting stem. Line engraving after C. de Bruin, 1706.
  • Coffee plant (Coffea arabica): flowering and fruiting stem. Watercolour.
  • A plant (Crambe hispanica L.): flowering stem with separate root and floral segments. Coloured etching by M.Bouchard, 177-.
  • Sloe or blackthorn (Prunus spinosa L.): flowering stem with separate fruit and segments of flower and fruit, also a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.
  • Peach plant (Prunus persica): flowers and fruit. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.
  • Damask (Hesperis matronalis L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate floral segments, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Dhak or palas tree (Butea monosperma): flowering branch with fruit and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1799, after J. Ihle.
  • Twenty trees, herbs and shrubs of the bible. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
  • Four poisonous plants: monk's hood (Aconitum napellus), deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna), woody nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) and thorn-apple (Datura stramonium) Coloured engraving by J. Johnstone, 1855.
  • Common sorrel (Rumex acetosa): flowering stem and separate roots. Partially coloured lithograph by F. Waller, c. 1863, after C. Gower.
  • Surinam quassia wood (Quassia amara): flowering stem and leaf. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.
  • Comfrey (Symphytum sp.): entire flowering plant with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Chia (Salvia hispanica L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate segments of flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.
  • A plant (Canthium rheedii) related to Ceylon boxwood: branch with flowers and fruit and separate flowers, fruit and sectioned fruit with seed. Coloured line engraving.
  • Cochineal cactus (Nopalea cochenillifera) with insects that feed on it, including the cochineal insect (Dactylopius coccus). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1801, after J. Ihle.
  • Banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis L.) with many trunks. Lithograph by W. Stoker, 1811, after J. Forbes, 1778.
  • Milk parsley (Peucedanum palustre (L.) Moench): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Skull-cap or helmet flower (Scutellaria sp.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.
  • Evening primrose (Oenothera biennis): flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • Common or scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis f. caerulea (Schreber) Baumg.): flowering and fruiting stems with root and separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1903.
  • Hemlock (Conium maculatum): flowering plants growing by a river. Colour process print, c. 1924.
  • A Brazilian rubber tree (Hevea Brasiliensis), its flower and fruit segments bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.
  • Jasmine (Jasminum officinale L.): flowering stem with floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H. Hemerich, c.1759, after T. Sheldrake.
  • Bahama whitewood tree (Canella winterana): flowering and fruiting branch and beetle. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1808, after J. Ihle.
  • A fruiting coffee tree (Coffea arabica) Photograph.
  • Two flowering plants: burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis) and lady's mantle (Alchemilla vulgaris). Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • Skull-cap or helmet flower (Scutellaria sp.): entire flowering plant with separate sections of flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.
  • Flowering stems of the indigo plant (Indigofera tinctorum) and coffee plant (Coffea arabica). Line engraving after C. de Bruin, 1706.