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An orchid (Vanda caerulea): flowering stem. Watercolour.
Reference: 21238i
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Drypis spinosa L.: flowering stem with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1770]Reference: 17628i
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An anemone (Anemone hortensis): flowering plant. Coloured engraving, c. 1790.
Date: 1 June 1790Reference: 25809i
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A cherry (Prunus paniculata): branch with leaves. Pencil drawing by S. Kawano.
Kawano, S.Reference: 22572i
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Lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria majalis): flowering stem with leaves and separate roots. Partially coloured lithograph by F. Waller, c. 1863, after C. Gower.
Gower, Charlotte.Date: [1863-1880]Reference: 24383i
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Seven British garden plants, including a rhododendron: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
Date: 1834Reference: 27445i
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Four plants, including feverfew (Tanacetum species) and a tulip (Tulipa variegata): flowering stems. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
Nicolas RobertDate: [c. 1660]Reference: 24938i
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A Chinese plant known as "Ju": stem with leaves. Watercolour.
Reference: 22597i
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A bunch of flowering geraniums and sweet peas. Coloured lithograph by E. Champin, ca. 1850.
Champin, Elisa-Honorine, -1871.Date: 1850Reference: 27102i
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Horsemint (Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds.): entire flowering plant with separate flower. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1776]Reference: 18142i
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A damask rose (Rosa damascena): two flowering stems, one in outline only. Etching, c. 1787.
Date: [1 July 1787]Reference: 24950i
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Mung bean (Phaseolus mungo L.): flowering stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured etching after F.A. von Scheidl, 1770.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1770]Reference: 17746i
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A border of trees, palms and herbaceous plants from a Roman garden in the 1st century A.D. Coloured photograph.
Date: 1891Reference: 26629i
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Cudweed (Gnaphalium congestum): flowering stem. Coloured engraving by C. White, c. 1817, after S. Edwards.
Sydenham EdwardsDate: 1 December 1817Reference: 25851i
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Saffron crocus (Crocus sativus L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments and bulb and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.
Sheldrake, Timothy, active 1740-1770.Date: [1759]Reference: 18234i
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An orchid (Cattleya Schofieldianum): flowering stem. Watercolour.
Reference: 21194i
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Seven plants, including two orchids and two hawthorns: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.
Date: 1836Reference: 27792i
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A field surrounded by wooded hills, with a saffron crocus in the foreground and verses below. Etching by Matthäus Merian the elder ca. 1646.
Date: [1646?]Reference: 24650i
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Madonna lily or Bourbon lily (Lilium candidum): flower. Watercolour.
Reference: 21996i
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Maple tree (Acer) and black thorn or sloe (Prunus spinosa). Soft-ground etching with aquatint by J. Laporte, c. 1796, after himself.
John LaporteDate: 22 February 1796Reference: 20751i
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Dictionary of cultivated plants and their centres of diversity excluding ornamentals, forest trees, and lower plants / A.C. Zeven and P.M. Zhukovsky.
Anton ZevenDate: 1975
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Garden pansies (Viola cultivars): three flowers. Coloured aquatint, c. 1839.
Date: [1839]Reference: 25304i
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A nectarine (Prunus persica var. nectarina): fruiting stem and section of fruit. Coloured zincograph by C. Rosenberg, c. 1850, after himself.
Rosenberg, C. T., active approximately 1850.Date: [1850-51]Reference: 26354i
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Bird-of-paradise plant (Strelitzia reginae): flower and leaf. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).
Reference: 22163i
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Glory pea (Clianthus puniceus): flowering stem, pod and seed. Coloured etching by S. Watts, c. 1835, after Miss Drake.
Drake, S. A., active 1830-1840.Date: [1812-48]Reference: 26406i