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  • Deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna): flowering plants growing in woodland. Colour process print, c. 1924.
  • Chinese lantern (Physalis alkekengi): fruiting stem. Watercolour by B. Bird.
  • Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum): leaves and fruits. Pen drawing, partially coloured.
  • A plant (Hyoscyamus aureus): flowering stem and floral segments. Watercolour by G. D. Ehret, 1736.
  • A chilli pepper (Capsicum annum) and a separate leafy stem. Watercolour.
  • Poor man's orchid or butterfly flower (Schizanthus pinnatus): flowering stem. Coloured engraving, 1833.
  • Tobacco (Nicotiana sp.): flowering stem with separate leaf. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • A crimson petunia plant (Petunia x hybrida): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1879, after F. Hulme.
  • Chilli or pepper plant (Capsicum annuum): fruiting stem. Watercolour.
  • Smoking tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • A cudweed plant (Gnaphalium species), mandrake plant (Mandragora officinarum) and breadfruit tree (Artocarpus atilis). Coloured engraving, c. 1827.
  • Mandrake roots in the form of human figures, both naked and clothed; the mandrake plant itself (Mandragora officinarum L.); and a root of ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.). Engraving.
  • Thorn-apple or Jamestown weed (Datura stramonium): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured etching by A. Duménil, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • Four Egyptian plants in a landscape, including purging cassia, French jujube or Chinese date, and a taro species. Line engraving, c. 1676.
  • Seven plants, including a chalice vine and fuchsia: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1833.
  • A Brazilian sassafras tree (Aniba species) and a Petunia plant in an exotic landscape with snakes, lizards and tribal people. Etching, c. 1671.
  • Two spiny plants (Solanum sisymbrifolium): flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured lithograph.
  • Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
  • A striped petunia plant (Petunia x hybrida): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1879, after F. Hulme.
  • 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.
  • A bunch of tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum). Chromolithograph by P. de Pannemaeker, c. 1854.
  • Two aubergine fruits (Solanum melongena) and an umbelliferous plant stem. Watercolour.
  • Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.
  • A plant (Solanum sp.): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • A plant (Solanum igneum L.): flowering stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Two flowering plants: thorn-apple (Datura stramonium) on the left and henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) on the right. Colour process print, 1924.
  • Aubergine or egg plant (Solanum melongena): fruits of different varieties. Chromolithograph, c. 1870, after H. Briscoe.
  • Chinese lantern (Physalis alkekengi L.): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate opened calyx and berry. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Four poisonous plants: hemlock (Conium maculatum), henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), opium lettuce (Lactuca virosa) and autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale). Coloured engraving by J. Johnstone.