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  • Five plants, possibly pinks (Dianthus species): flowering stems. Watercolour.
  • Three flowers: a carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus) and two large Compositae species. Coloured aquatint by A. Adlard, c. 1838.
  • Six flowering plants, one possibly a pink (Dianthus species) and one an Anthriscus species. Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • Four flowering plants, including a toad lily (Tricyrtis species) and a pink (Dianthus species). Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • A chickweed plant (Cerastium quaternellum) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • A plant (Cucubalus baccifer): flowering stem, fruit and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1806.
  • Mouse-ear (Cerastium latifolium): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1798.
  • Six flowering plants: five types of sandwort (Arenaria species) and a sea purslane (Honkenya peploides). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Wood stitchwort (Stellaria nemorum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby.
  • A campion plant (Silene species): flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • Nine flowering plants, one possibly a phlox and one a green brier. Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • Night-flowering catchfly (Silene noctiflorum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.
  • Carnations (Dianthus caryophyllus): two variegated flowers. Coloured aquatint, c. 1839.
  • A carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus) and hollyhock (Alcea rosea): flowering stems. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Knawel plant (Scleranthus perennis): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.
  • A wolf walking towards a dog and away from a sheep, surrounded by various flowers and insects. Engraving by P. Williamson, 1663, after W. Hollar.
  • Seven plants, including four orchids and a campion: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.
  • Chickweed (Cerastium ciliatum): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.
  • Sticky mouse-ear (Cerastium glomeratum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1800.
  • Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
  • Three flowering plants, one possibly a pink (Dianthus species) and one a Gypsophila. Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • Campion (Lychnis sp.): entire male and female flowering plants with their respective floral segments. Engraving by J.Caldwell, c.1805, after P.Henderson.
  • Seven flowering plants, one possibly a kingcup and six pinks (Dianthus species). Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.
  • Mouse-ear (Cerastium tetrandrum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1794.
  • Three-nerved sandwort (Arenaria trinervis): flowering plant. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.
  • A plant in the Caryophyllaceae family: two flowering stems. Watercolour.
  • Campion (Silene sp.): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Sand spurrey (Spergularia rubra): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1801.
  • Mouse-ear (Cerastium alpinum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1798.