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  • Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.
  • Parsnip (Pastinaca species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • Melon (Cucumis melo): stem with large fruit and flowers. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1843.
  • A species of Boerhavia: entire flowering plant with separate fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • Bromelia karatas L.: flowering stem with roots and separate sections of fruit with seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • A radish (Raphanus species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Female liane of Chilli (Lardizabala biternata Ruíz & Pavón): fruiting stem with tendrils and floral segments. Engraving by Heath, c.1798, after Prevost.
  • A nectarine (Prunus persica var. nectarina): fruiting stem and section of fruit. Coloured zincograph by C. Rosenberg, c. 1850, after himself.
  • Peach plant (Prunus persica): flowers and fruit. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.
  • Common sorrel (Rumex acetosa): flowering stem and separate roots. Partially coloured lithograph by F. Waller, c. 1863, after C. Gower.
  • Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.): flowering stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured etching after F.A. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • A plant (Canthium rheedii) related to Ceylon boxwood: branch with flowers and fruit and separate flowers, fruit and sectioned fruit with seed. Coloured line engraving.
  • Cape pondweed or water hawthorn (Aponogeton distachyus): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1810, after S. Edwards.
  • A clump of mushrooms and two Chinese artichokes (Stachys affinis). Watercolour.
  • A plant (Gundelia tournefortii): flowering stem and floral segments. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.
  • Balsam apple (Momordica balsamina L.): flowering and fruiting twining stem with separate fruit showing enclosed seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • A pear plant (Pyrus communis): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured zincograph by C. Chabot, c. 1876, after W. Fitch.
  • Evening primrose (Oenothera biennis): flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • Pear (Pyrus species): fruiting branch with sections of fruit. Colour stipple engraving by A. Contardi, c. 1817, after D. del Pino.
  • Pear (Pyrus species): fruiting branch with sections of fruit. Colour aquatint by B. Rosaspina after D. del Pino, 1822.
  • A radish (Raphanus species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • Spanish rhubarb dock (Rumex abyssinicus Jacq.): two sections of the flowering stem with separate root, leaf, part of stem, flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • A bunch of tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum). Chromolithograph by P. de Pannemaeker, c. 1854.
  • Azarole or virginian hawthorn (Crataegus azarolus L.): flowering stems and fruit. Coloured engraving by H. Fletcher, c. 1730, after J. van Huysum.
  • Pear (Pyrus species): fruiting branch with sections of fruit. Colour stipple engraving by A. Contardi after D. del Pino, 1822.
  • Cocoa tree (Theobroma cacao), Chinese citron or natsumikan (Citrus natsudaidai), jak fruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus), muhimbi tree (Cynometra cauliflora) and bilimbi tree (Averrhoa bilimbi), in separate plates. Line engraving after C. de Bruins, 1706.
  • Fig (Ficus carica L.): leaf and fruit. Coloured aquatint by G. Pera, c.1825, after O. Muzzi.
  • Two banana plants (Musa species) and a date palm tree. Coloured engraving, c. 1827.
  • Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera): three flowers, one in bud. Watercolour.