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  • Wax plant (Hoya carnosa): flowering stem. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).
  • An ornamental geranium (Geranium species): flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • Opera omnia, figuris elegantissimis in aes incisis illustrata : Tomis duobus comprehensa. Quorum catalogum sequens pagina exhibet / [Marcello Malpighi].
  • New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus : comprehending an elucidation of the several parts of the fructification ; a prize dissertation on the sexes of plants, a full explanation of the classes, and orders, of the sexual system ; and the Temple of Flora, or Garden of nature, being Picturesque, botanical, coloured plates, of select plants, illustrative of the same, with descriptions ; [motto: 4 lines] / by Robert John Thornton.
  • Branches of scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) and reduced tree base. Pen drawing, partially coloured.
  • A tropical orchid (Epidendrum variegatum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured lithograph.
  • Tea plant (Camellia sinensis): flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • Two spiny plants (Solanum sisymbrifolium): flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured lithograph.
  • Herbarium / Oth. Brvnfelsii ; tomis tribvs exacto tandem studio, opera & ingenio, candidatis medicinae simplicis absolutum. Quorum contenta, index cuiusquam tomorum suo loco explicat.
  • A flowering branch of rhododendron. Watercolour.
  • Pink roses in a vase. Watercolour by Pip.
  • Three flowers, including a rose. Pencil drawing by M. M. Paw(?).
  • Botanologia. The English herbal: or history of plants ... / [William Salmon].
  • Seven flowering plants, all species of the genus Penstemon. Coloured lithograph.
  • Coffee plant (Coffea arabica): flowering and fruiting stem. Watercolour.
  • Ortus sanitatis.
  • Collection des plantes usuelles, curieuses, et etŕangères, selon les systèmes de Mrs. Tournefort et Linnaeus. Tirées du Jardin du Roi, & de celui de MM. les Apothicaires de Paris, gravées & imprimées en couleur, & de leur forme naturelle, avec leurs fleurs, leurs fruits, leurs graines & leurs racines d'usages / par M. Gautier Dagoty].
  • A tropical plant (Brownea grandiceps) with large flower. Photograph.
  • An Hedyotis plant: flowering stem and root. Watercolour.
  • Sloe or blackthorn (Prunus spinosa L.): flowering stem with separate fruit and segments of flower and fruit, also a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.
  • Phytognomonica Io. Baptistae Portae Neap. octo libris contenta. In qvibvs nova, facillimaqve affertur methodus, qua plantarum, animalium, metallorum, rerumque denique omnium ex prima extimae faciei inspectione quiuis abditas vires assequatur. Accedvnt ad haec confirmanda infinita propemodu selectiora secreta. Summo labore, temporis dispendio, & impensarum iactura vestigata, explorataq; cvm privilegio / [Giambattista della Porta].
  • Ortus sanitatis.
  • An orchid (Phaius albus): flowering stem. Coloured lithograph.
  • Seven plants, all species of the genus Zephyranthes: flowering stems. Coloured lithograph.
  • The gardener's dictionary. Containing, the methods of cultivating and improving the kitchen, flower, fruit, and pleasure garden; wherein all the articles contained in the former editions of this work, in two volumes, are disposed in one alphabet. With the addition of a great number of plants / [Philip Miller].
  • Four types of hellebore (Helleborus species): flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured lithograph.
  • Five tropical flowering plants, all species of the genus Gesneria. Coloured lithograph.
  • Daffodil (Narcissus species): flowering stem with separate flower. Watercolour.
  • A magnolia: flowering stem. Coloured pencil drawing by H. Paw.
  • Herbarium / Oth. Brvnfelsii ; tomis tribvs exacto tandem studio, opera & ingenio, candidatis medicinae simplicis absolutum. Quorum contenta, index cuiusquam tomorum suo loco explicat.