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Early purple orchid (Orchis mascula): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1904.

Green-winged orchid (Orchis morio) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

Seven plants, including two orchids and an azalea: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

Seven garden plants, including an orchid and a rhododendron: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1835.

A white variety of the early purple orchid (Orchis mascula): flowering stem. Watercolour by R. Baker, 1900.

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

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Early purple orchid (Orchis mascula): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1904.

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

Green-winged orchid (Orchis morio) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

Seven plants, including two orchids and an azalea: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

A white variety of the early purple orchid (Orchis mascula): flowering stem. Watercolour by R. Baker, 1900.