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  • Coltsfoot flower and leaf (Tussilago farfara) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • Seven garden plants, including an orchid: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
  • A thistle flower and crab's eyes plant (Abrus species). Watercolour.
  • Six flowering plants, possibly including a gorse, an Allium species and two Aquilegia species. Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • Six flowering plants, including mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) and wormwood (Artemisia absinthium). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Grangea maderaspatrana (L.) Poiret: entire flowering plant with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Sunflower (Helianthus giganteus L.): flowering stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.
  • Michaelmas daisy (Aster amellus): flowering stem. Colour mezzotint, c. 1741.
  • A thistle (Cirsium species): flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • Cineraria malvæfolia: flowering stem and floral segments. Line engraving by F. Hubert, c. 1788, after P. J. Redouté.
  • Three flowering plants: a garden dahlia (Dahlia cultivar), a calamint (Calamintha coccinea) and a verbena (Verbena tweediana). Coloured engraving by J. & J. Parkin.
  • Four flowering plants. Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • A plant (Senecio kaempferi): variegated leaf and entire potted plant. Coloured zincograph by J. Andrews, c. 1861, after himself.
  • Artemisia argentea: flowering and fruiting stem and floral segments. Line engraving by J. B. Guyard, c. 1788, after P. J. Redouté.
  • A plant (Carduus argentatus L.) related to scotch thistle: flowering stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.
  • A thistle in the centre with a boar to the left facing a mastiff to the right, all surrounded by various plants and insects. Engraving by D. Loggan, 1663, after W. Hollar.
  • A plant (Gundelia tournefortii): flowering stem and floral segments. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.
  • Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) and groundsel (Senecio vulgaris): entire flowering plants.
  • A garden dahlia (Dahlia 'Charles XII'): one large flower. Coloured aquatint by D. Hayes, c. 1840.
  • Fleabane (Erigeron sp.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • A plant, possibly a chrysanthemum: flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • Knapweed (Centaurea sp.): flowering stem with separate leaf. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Thistle leaves in grass. Watercolour, pen and pencil drawings.
  • A horse surrounded by three roses, a marigold, a daffodil and a butterfly. Engraving by P. Williamson, 1663, after W. Hollar.
  • A plant (Mutisia decurrens): flowering stems. Chromolithograph, c. 1882, after H. Moon.
  • A plant (Lactuca tuberosa) related to lettuce: entire flowering plant with separate flower and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Two plants of the Compositae family: a flowering thistle (left) and yellow chrysanthemum (right). Watercolour.
  • A griffin facing left surrounded by various flowers, fruits and insects. Engraving by D. Loggan, 1663, after W. Hollar.
  • Seven garden plants, including a hèavenly blue' ipomoea: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
  • A leopard's bane plant (Doronicum species) and tulip (Tulipa species): flowering stems and a grasshopper. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.