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A flowering alpine milkwort (Polygala chamaebuxus var. grandiflora). Chromolithograph, c. 1878, after H. Moon.

Two flowering plants: a phlox (Phlox subulata) above a violet (Viola hederacea) Chromolithograph, c. 1870, after A. F. Lydon.

A stonecrop (Sedum villosum): entire flowering plant. Coloured lithograph, c. 1863, after C. Gower.

Stonecrop or wall pepper plant (Sedum acre) with an associated beetle and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

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

Two flowering plants: meadow saxifrage (Saxifraga granulata) and wall pepper or stonecrop (Sedum acre).

Pink (Dianthus petræus): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.

Stonecrop (Sedum album): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.

Rue-leaved whitlow grass (Paronychia serpyllifolia DC.): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H. Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.

Stonecrop (Sedum rupestre L.): flowering stem with roots. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

A plant (Oxyria digyna): flowering and leafy stem. Coloured lithograph by F. Waller, c. 1863, after C. Gower.

Rock-jasmine (Androsace sp.): entire flowering plant with separate single flower and corolla. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

A hart's tongue fern (Asplenium scolopendrium) growing on a pile of mossy rocks. Watercolour.

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A plant (Oxyria digyna): flowering and leafy stem. Coloured lithograph by F. Waller, c. 1863, after C. Gower.

Stonecrop or wall pepper plant (Sedum acre) with an associated beetle and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

Rock-jasmine (Androsace sp.): entire flowering plant with separate single flower and corolla. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

A hart's tongue fern (Asplenium scolopendrium) growing on a pile of mossy rocks. Watercolour.

Rue-leaved whitlow grass (Paronychia serpyllifolia DC.): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H. Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.