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

Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.

Two plants, Spanish broom (Spartium junceum) and gorse (Ulex europaeus): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.

Seven plants, including three orchids and a broom: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

The country gentleman's companion. Or, Ancient husbandry restored; and modern husbandry improved. Shewing: I. The most expeditious manner of raising and propagating foreign sallads and other kitchen plants. II. The method of burning clay. III. The great improvement of land by grass seeds. IV. The excellency of the medicago, or cythisus maranthae of the ancients / [Stephen Switzer].

On the action of nitric acid on various vegetables : with a more particular examination of Spartium scoparium, Linn., or common broom / by John Stenhouse.

Broom (Genista sibirica): flowering stem with pod and seed. Coloured engraving, c. 1792, after F. J. Schultz.

Broom (Genista sagittalis): flowering stem with pod and seed. Coloured engraving, c. 1792, after F. J. Schultz.

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On the action of nitric acid on various vegetables : with a more particular examination of Spartium scoparium, Linn., or common broom / by John Stenhouse.

Broom (Genista sibirica): flowering stem with pod and seed. Coloured engraving, c. 1792, after F. J. Schultz.

Seven plants, including three orchids and a broom: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

Broom (Genista sagittalis): flowering stem with pod and seed. Coloured engraving, c. 1792, after F. J. Schultz.