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A species of the genus Lysimachia: flowering stem with separate root and floral sections. Coloured etchings by M. Bouchard, 1774.

A plant (a species of Primulaceae): entire flowering plant with separate flower sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

A leopard facing left surrounded by various named flowers and insects. Etching by W. Hollar, 1662, after himself.

Four flowering plants, including a cowslip (Primula veris), comfrey (Symphytum officinale) and a bulrush (Scirpus species). Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.

Eight flowering plants, possibly including species of Hosta, Primula, and a daylily. Watercolour, c. 1870.

Moneywort or creeping jenny (Lysimachia nummularia L.): flowering stem with root and separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Common or scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis f. caerulea (Schreber) Baumg.): flowering and fruiting stems with root and separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Poison primula (Primula obconica): flowering plant. Chromolithograph, c. 1897, after H. Moon.

Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.

Ten flowering plants, including an orchid and Chinese primrose (Primula sinensis). Coloured transfer lithograph, c. 1833.

Four British garden plants, including a phlox: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1835.

Two flowering plants: primroses (Primula species) and saxifrages (Saxifraga species). Coloured lithographs by E. Champin, c. 1850, after herself.

Brookweed (Samolus valerandi L.): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Seven plants, including two orchids and two hawthorns: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

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Four British garden plants, including a phlox: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1835.

Two flowering plants: primroses (Primula species) and saxifrages (Saxifraga species). Coloured lithographs by E. Champin, c. 1850, after herself.

Brookweed (Samolus valerandi L.): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Common or scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis f. caerulea (Schreber) Baumg.): flowering and fruiting stems with root and separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Seven plants, including two orchids and two hawthorns: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.