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  • A crocus (Crocus stellaris): entire flowering plant and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1812.
  • A plant (Watsonia rosea): flowering stem and leaf. Coloured lithograph.
  • Cream iris flowers. Watercolour by J. A. Sherlock, 1901.
  • Blue iris flowers. Watercolour by A. Sherlock, 1901.
  • Ten flowering plants, including two orchids and an iris. Coloured transfer lithograph, c. 1833.
  • A purple iris (Iris sambucina): flower and leaf. Coloured engraving, c. 1792.
  • Diplarrhena moroea Labill.: flowering and fruiting stem with floral segments. Engraving by C. Dien, c.1798, after P. J. Redouté.
  • Japanese matsuzaki iris (Iris kaempferi cv.): mauve flowers and leaves. Watercolour.
  • Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
  • Butterfly iris (Moraea sp.): entire flowering plant with separate fruiting stem and sections of leaf and bulb. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Seven plants, all species of the genus Watsonia: flowering stems. Coloured lithograph.
  • Four British garden plants, including a paeony and crocus: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.
  • A plant (Tritonia xanthospila): flowering stem, bulb and floral segments. Coloured lithograph.
  • A sword lily (Gladiolus communis): entire flowering plant in two sections. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
  • Ixia longifolia Jacq.: entire flowering plant with separate fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Dutch crocus (Crocus vernus): four diagrams of a whole and sectioned flowering plant. Partially coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
  • Seven flowering plants, all species of the genus Tritonia. Coloured lithograph.
  • White lily striped with purple (Lilium sp.) and two irises (Iris sp.) Coloured engraving by H. Fletcher, c. 1730, after J. van Huysum.
  • Three plants, including a cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) and an iris: flowering stems with two grasshoppers. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Gladdon or stinking iris (Iris foetidissima) with an insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • Yellow flag (Iris pseudacorus): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1904.
  • A variegated tulip (Tulipa species) and blue flag iris (Iris versicolor): flowering stems. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • An iris; flowers and birds; two ladies, one with a baby. Ink drawings.
  • A yellow iris (Iris variegata): flower and leaf. Coloured engraving by J. Sowerby, c. 1787, after himself.
  • Four British garden plants, including a rhododendron: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • Seven types of iris (Iris species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph.
  • Seven garden plants, including an iris: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
  • An English iris (Iris latifolia): flower and leaf. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1803, after S. Edwards.
  • Two iris flowers. Watercolour by E. Finlaison.