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Plants, Cultivated

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  • Four female torsos joined at the waist with garden features as heads; symbolising the four seasons in a garden. Etching by T. B., c. 1797.
  • A balsam plant (Impatiens species): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1879, after F. Hulme.
  • Chinese lantern (Physalis alkekengi): fruiting stem. Watercolour by B. Bird.
  • A plant (Salvia patens): flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1842, after Miss Drake.
  • A Turk's-cap lily (Lilium martagon), a harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) and a pansy (Viola species): flowering stems. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Five plants, possibly pinks (Dianthus species): flowering stems. Watercolour.
  • An orchid (Cattleya mossiae): flower and leaf. Watercolour, 1899.
  • A flowering alpine milkwort (Polygala chamaebuxus var. grandiflora). Chromolithograph, c. 1878, after H. Moon.
  • Damask rose (Rosa damascena "Italica"): flowering stem. Colour halftone after Victor, c.1824, after P. J. Redouté.
  • Japanese clover (Lespedeza sp.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate leaf, flower, fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
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    Passion flower (Passiflora alata): flowering stem. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).

    | Reference: 22160i
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    Marsh marigold or kingcups (Caltha palustris): flowering stem. Watercolour.

    | Reference: 21912i
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    Seven garden plants, including a Cape jasmine: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

    | Date: 1834 | Reference: 27454i
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    Kwei plant (Osmanthus fragrans): flowering stem with floral segments. Coloured etching by J. Miller, c. 1771.

    Miller, John, 1715-1790? | Date: 1771 | Reference: 24553i
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    A flowering iris. Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after Guenébeaud.

    Guenébeaud. | Date: 1850 | Reference: 27060i
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