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  • White lupin (Lupinus albus): entire flowering plant with pod. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • Birds and plants from Persia, including turtledoves, senna plant, terpentine plant, pomegranate flowers and tree and pumpkin . Line engraving by M. Pool after C. de Bruin, 1704.
  • Ten flowering plants, all types of trefoil or clover (Trifolium species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Mahiwa, Tanzania: people collecting tamarind fruit in a wooded area. Photograph, ca. 1917.
  • Two plants, a flowering trefoil (Lotus species) and a fruiting Styrax species. Watercolour.
  • Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • Seven garden plants, including two orchids and a rhododendron: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1835.
  • Seven British garden plants, including a rhododendron: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
  • An 'everlasting' pea plant (Lathyrus latifolius): flowers and leaf. Chromolithograph, c. 1879, after F. Hulme.
  • A plant (Scorpiurus species): flowering and fruiting plant. Woodcut.
  • A pea plant (Pisum species): twining stem. Pencil drawing.
  • A plant (Chorizema varium): flowering stems. Coloured etching by B. Gibbon, c. 1842, after Miss Drake.
  • Six British wild flowers, including three types of trefoil (Lotus species). Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.
  • Seven garden plants, including an iris: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
  • Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
  • A bean plant, possibly a Phaseolus species: flowering and leafy stems with separate leaf and petals. Watercolour.
  • Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.): fruiting stem with separate flower and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Liquorice plant (Glycyrrhiza echinata): flowering stem with pod and seed. Coloured engraving, c. 1792, after F. J. Schultz.
  • Four fruiting and flowering plants all with different types of pod. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
  • A plant, possibly a Mimosa species: stem with pods. Watercolour.
  • Mung bean (Phaseolus mungo L.): flowering stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured etching after F.A. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Clover (Trifolium suffocatum L.): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Bastard Teak or Flame of the Forest (Butea monosperma (Lam.) Kuntze): leaf cluster, inflorescence and dissected flower. Coloured line engraving.
  • Egyptian gum arabic (Acacia nilotica): flowering stem with separate seed pod. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1842.
  • Rosewood tree (a species of Dalbergia): branch with flowers and pods and separate sections of flowers, pod and seeds. Coloured line engraving.
  • Seven garden plants, including an orchid: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
  • A plant (Glycyrrhiza echinata) related to liquorice plant: flowering stem with separate fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Gum cistus (Cistus ladanifer L.) and bastard indigo (Amorpha fruticosa L.): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured engraving by H. Fletcher, c. 1730, after J. van Huysum.
  • Lucerne or alfalfa plant (Medicago sativa): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1904.