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The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan (excluding Bambuseae) / foreword by George Taylor.
Norman Loftus BorDate: 1960
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Meadow foxtail grass (Alopecurus pratensis): seedhead, leafy stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1805.
Date: [1805]Reference: 24247i
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An essay on the indigenous grasses of Ireland / [John White].
John WhiteDate: 1808
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Cock's-foot grass (Dactylis glomerata): flowering stem, leaves, roots and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.
James SowerbyDate: 1 July 1796Reference: 24966i
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Agrostologia Helvetica definitionem descriptionemque graminum et plantarum eis affinium in Helvetia sponte nascentium complectens / [Jean Gaudin].
Gaudin, Jean, 1766-1833.Date: 1811
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The country gentleman's companion. Or, Ancient husbandry restored; and modern husbandry improved. Shewing: I. The most expeditious manner of raising and propagating foreign sallads and other kitchen plants. II. The method of burning clay. III. The great improvement of land by grass seeds. IV. The excellency of the medicago, or cythisus maranthae of the ancients / [Stephen Switzer].
Stephen SwitzerDate: 1732
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Joannis Danielis Leers Flora Herbornensis exhibens plantas circa Herbornam Nassoviorum crescentes, secundum systema sexuale Linnaeanum distributas. Cum descriptionibus rariorum in primis graminum, propriisque observationibus et nomenclatore. Accesserunt graminum omnium indigenorum eorumque adfinium icones CIV / Auctoris manu ad vivum delineatae.
Leers, Johann Daniel, 1727-1774.Date: 1789
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Alpine rice grass (Ehrharta colensoi Hook f.): plant with floral segments. Lithograph, c. 1880, after J. Buchanan.
Buchanan, John, -1898Date: [1880]Reference: 20512i
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The boxed initials of three of the Passe family and two plants: a Paspalum grass and Passerina species. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1821.
Date: [1821]Reference: 25516i
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Large brown fruits, similar to Japanese persimmon fruits, and two grass seedheads. Watercolour.
Reference: 23396i
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Rye (Secale species): plant stems with seedheads. Watercolour.
Reference: 23633i
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Four seedheads of different grasses (Gramineae species): Cynosorus crocanus, buntee?, Paspalum kora and Panicum miliaceum or common millet. Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1780.
James ForbesDate: [1st June 1813]Reference: 20072i
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Wheat (Triticum aestivum): two heads of grain, and a lentil plant. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1842.
Burnett, M. A., active 1850.Date: [1842]Reference: 23825i
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Crested hair grass (Koeleria cristata) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Date: 1 May 1831Reference: 24202i
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Elements of agricultural chemistry, in a course of lectures of the Board of Agriculture / [Sir Humphry Davy].
Humphry DavyDate: 1814
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Flowers of the field / by C.A. Johns.
Charles Alexander JohnsDate: 1894
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Eight French wild plants, including saffron crocus, barley, pine species, juniper and bladder wrack. Chromolithograph, c. 1915.
Date: [c. 1915]Reference: 25323i
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Quaking grass (Briza minor) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Date: 1 April 1831Reference: 24198i
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Hortus gramineus Woburnensis: or, an account of the results of experiments on the produce and nutritive qualities of different grasses and other plants used as the food of the more valuable domestic animals: instituted by John, Duke of Bedford... / By George Sinclair.
George SinclairDate: 1825
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A grasshopper on a grass plant stem. Watercolour.
Reference: 23628i
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Joh. Scheuchzeri Agrostographia sive graminum, juncorum, cyperorum, cyperoidum, iisque affinium historia / Accesserunt Alberti v. Haller. Synonyma nuperiora, graminum septuaginta species, de generibus graminum epicrisis. Denique plantae Rhaetici itineris Anno 1709 a J. Scheuchzero suscepti.
Johannes ScheuchzerDate: 1775
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Grass seed covered in bacteria from infected dog's paw
Anne Weston, Francis Crick Institute
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Common meadow grass (Poa pratensis): seedhead and leafy stems. Coloured etching, c. 1805.
Date: [1805]Reference: 24248i
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The flowering plants, grasses, sedges, and ferns of Great Britain : and their allies the club mosses, pepperworts, and horsetails / by Anne Pratt.
Anne PrattDate: [1873]
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Two grass plants, one possibly a bamboo. Watercolour.
Reference: 22838i

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The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan (excluding Bambuseae) / foreword by George Taylor.

Meadow foxtail grass (Alopecurus pratensis): seedhead, leafy stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1805.

An essay on the indigenous grasses of Ireland / [John White].

Cock's-foot grass (Dactylis glomerata): flowering stem, leaves, roots and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.

Agrostologia Helvetica definitionem descriptionemque graminum et plantarum eis affinium in Helvetia sponte nascentium complectens / [Jean Gaudin].

Alpine rice grass (Ehrharta colensoi Hook f.): plant with floral segments. Lithograph, c. 1880, after J. Buchanan.

The boxed initials of three of the Passe family and two plants: a Paspalum grass and Passerina species. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1821.

Large brown fruits, similar to Japanese persimmon fruits, and two grass seedheads. Watercolour.

Rye (Secale species): plant stems with seedheads. Watercolour.

Four seedheads of different grasses (Gramineae species): Cynosorus crocanus, buntee?, Paspalum kora and Panicum miliaceum or common millet. Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1780.

Wheat (Triticum aestivum): two heads of grain, and a lentil plant. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1842.

Crested hair grass (Koeleria cristata) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

Elements of agricultural chemistry, in a course of lectures of the Board of Agriculture / [Sir Humphry Davy].

Flowers of the field / by C.A. Johns.

Eight French wild plants, including saffron crocus, barley, pine species, juniper and bladder wrack. Chromolithograph, c. 1915.

Quaking grass (Briza minor) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

Hortus gramineus Woburnensis: or, an account of the results of experiments on the produce and nutritive qualities of different grasses and other plants used as the food of the more valuable domestic animals: instituted by John, Duke of Bedford... / By George Sinclair.

A grasshopper on a grass plant stem. Watercolour.

Joh. Scheuchzeri Agrostographia sive graminum, juncorum, cyperorum, cyperoidum, iisque affinium historia / Accesserunt Alberti v. Haller. Synonyma nuperiora, graminum septuaginta species, de generibus graminum epicrisis. Denique plantae Rhaetici itineris Anno 1709 a J. Scheuchzero suscepti.

Grass seed covered in bacteria from infected dog's paw

Common meadow grass (Poa pratensis): seedhead and leafy stems. Coloured etching, c. 1805.

The flowering plants, grasses, sedges, and ferns of Great Britain : and their allies the club mosses, pepperworts, and horsetails / by Anne Pratt.

Two grass plants, one possibly a bamboo. Watercolour.