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A tropical orchid (Trichopilia marginata): flowering plant. Coloured zincograph by L. Constans, c. 1851, after himself.
Constans, L., approximately 1850.Date: [1850-51]Reference: 26347i
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Orchid Tree or Pride of Burma (Amherstia nobilis Wallich.): flowering branch with separate fruit and sectioned ovary. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c. 1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
Hoola, Berthe van Nooten.Date: [1885]Reference: 16301i
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A plant (Odontadenia speciosa): flowers and leaf. Chromolithograph, c. 1870, after H. Briscoe.
Briscoe, H.Date: 1870Reference: 26139i
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Water figwort (Scrophularia auriculata L.): flowering stem with separate rhizome, sectioned fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
Date: [1774]Reference: 16973i
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Vegetable substances used for the food of man / [Edwin Lankester].
Edwin LankesterDate: 1832
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Chromosome atlas of cultivated plants / C.D. Darlington, FRS, and E.K. Janaki Ammal, DSC.
C. D. DarlingtonDate: [1945]
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A cudweed plant (Gnaphalium species), mandrake plant (Mandragora officinarum) and breadfruit tree (Artocarpus atilis). Coloured engraving, c. 1827.
Date: [1827]Reference: 27951i
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Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
Date: 1837Reference: 27390i
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Hyssop (Hyssopus lopanthus). Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1772]Reference: 17813i
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Pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium) and creeping thyme (Thymus serpyllum): entire flowering plants. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
Naudin, Philibert, active 1870.Date: [1865]Reference: 24687i
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A lady's slipper orchid (Cypripedium drurii): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph by J. N. Fitch, c. 1880, after himself.
Fitch, John Nugent, 1840-1927.Date: [1880]Reference: 25910i
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Browallia americana L.: entire flowering plant with separate parts of fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
Date: [1774]Reference: 17029i
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Bee Larkspur (Delphinium sp. var.): flowering stem with separate labelled floral segments. Engraving by J. Caldwall, c.1805, after P. Henderson.
Henderson, Peter, active 1799-1829.Date: 1 January 1805Reference: 18315i
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Oriental poppy (Papaver orientale): flowering stem. Coloured engraving, c. 1788.
Date: 1788Reference: 25806i
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Seven garden plants, including a lupin and buffalo clover: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1836.
Date: 1836Reference: 27495i
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A plant (Salsola soda L.) related to saltwort: entire fruiting plant with separate segments of flower, fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1770]Reference: 17657i
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A double flowered poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1876.
Date: [1876]Reference: 25886i
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Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
Naudin, Philibert, active 1870.Date: [1865]Reference: 24675i
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A daffodil (Narcissus species): two flowering stems, one in outline only. Etching, c. 1787.
Date: [1 July 1787]Reference: 24948i
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Bunium bulbocastanum L.: entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
Date: [1778]Reference: 17383i
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Kingcups (Caltha palustris) and pasque-flower (Pulsatilla vulgaris): entire flowering plants. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
Naudin, Philibert, active 1870.Date: [1865]Reference: 24694i
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Ammi (Trachyspermum ammi (L.) Sprague): flowering stem with separate root, flower, fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1772]Reference: 17832i
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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.
Date: [1774]Reference: 16846i
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An orchid (Cattleya guttata): flowers, leafy stem and petal. Coloured etching by G. Barclay, c. 1842, after Miss Drake.
Drake, S. A., active 1830-1840.Date: [1812-48]Reference: 26413i
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A border of plants from a Roman garden in the 1st century A.D., with the main plants labelled. Photograph.
Reference: 26632i