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  • Various studies of light on trees. Watercolours.
  • Four Egyptian plants in a landscape, including purging cassia, French jujube or Chinese date, and a taro species. Line engraving, c. 1676.
  • A willow (Salix violacea): leafy and flowering branches with floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1804, after H. Andrews.
  • A species of Ehretia: large flowering stem with separate leaf, fruit and flowers. Watercolour, 17--.
  • Melon (Cucumis melo): stem with large fruit and flowers. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1843.
  • Screwpines (Pandanus species) covered with climbing plants, surrounded by lush tropical vegetation. Wood engraving, c. 1867, after C. Whymper.
  • Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant with spots resembling those of a fish, and (below) a fish. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.
  • Five flowering plants, including a sedge (Carex species) and stemless gentian (Gentiana acaulis). Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.
  • Illyarrie (Eucalyptus erythrocorys)... : waratah (Telopea speciosissma)... : the wattles or acacias (acacia decurrens) / designed by Strom Gould.
  • A plant (Allium angulosum): flowering stem and leaf. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1808, after S. Edwards.
  • Two flowering plants, one a legume and one a umbelliferous species. Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • Twelve examples of different types of flower pistil. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
  • Branches of scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) and reduced tree base. Pen drawing, partially coloured.
  • Flowers, fruit and leaves of five plants, including Calotropis, Viscum and Zella species. Coloured lithograph, c. 1820, after G. Belzoni.
  • A clematis plant (Clematis cirrhosa): flowering stem. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1807, after S. Edwards.
  • Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • A tropical orchid (Epidendrum variegatum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured lithograph.
  • Japanese matsuzaki iris (Iris kaempferi cv.): mauve flowers and leaves. Watercolour.
  • Four examples of thorny or hairy plant stems: a rose, barberry, plum and stinging nettle. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.
  • Tea plant (Camellia sinensis): flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant (hound's tongue) with leaves resembling the tongue of a dog, and (below) a dog's head. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.
  • Two spiny plants (Solanum sisymbrifolium): flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured lithograph.
  • A flowering branch of rhododendron. Watercolour.
  • A plant (Umbilicus sp.): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • Pink roses in a vase. Watercolour by Pip.
  • Three flowers, including a rose. Pencil drawing by M. M. Paw(?).
  • Pepper plant (Piper nigrum L.): fruiting stem. Line engraving after C. de Bruin, 1706.
  • Four flowering plants, one possibly a labiate. Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • Seven flowering plants, all species of the genus Penstemon. Coloured lithograph.
  • A collection of pears (Pyrus species). Colour and coloured engraving, c. 1817, after G. Brookshaw.