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  • A field surrounded by wooded hills, with a saffron crocus in the foreground and verses below. Etching by Matthäus Merian the elder ca. 1646.
  • An iris (Iris persica), a fungus (Isaria species) and quillwort (Isoetes species) Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1811.
  • Flag iris (Iris x germanica): flower and rhizome with some leaves. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1842.
  • Three plants, an anenome, a mercury and a crocus: entire flowering plants. Colour nature print, c. 1860.
  • Saffron crocus (Crocus sativus L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments and bulb and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.
  • A flowering iris. Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after Guenébeaud.
  • Seven types of iris (Iris species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph.
  • Five types of iris (Iris species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph.
  • Five flowering plants, all species of the genus Babiana. Coloured lithograph.
  • Various stages in the formation of the fruit of different flowers. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.
  • Nine types of gladioli (Gladiolus species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph.
  • A flowering blue iris (Marica cærulea) with large, ornate border. Chromolithograph by O. Jones, 1845.
  • A flowering blue flag iris (Marica caerulea) Chromolithograph, c. 1888, after H. Moon.
  • Ten types of gladioli (Gladiolus species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph.
  • A bunch of flowering gladioli (Gladiolus species). Lithograph by E. Champin, c. 1850, after herself.
  • A plant (Babiana ringens): flower, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1798, after H. Andrews.
  • Nine types of gladioli (Gladiolus species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph.
  • A plant (Romulea columnae): entire flowering and fruiting plants. Coloured lithograph by F. Waller, c. 1863, after C. Gower.
  • A crocus: entire flowering plant with separate bulb and floral segments. Watercolour.
  • A cornflower (Centaurea cyanus), autumn crocus (Colchicum species) and saffron crocus (Crocus sativus): three flowers with a caterpillar and bee. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Two plants, a leguminous species with pods (left) and a flowering iris (right) Watercolour.
  • Three flowering plants, all varieties of the genus Babiana. Coloured lithograph.
  • Three flowering plants, one possibly a species of Convallaria. Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • A mauve iris flower with leaves. Watercolour.
  • A fruiting Abutilon species, a fruiting pepper plant (Capsicum sp.) and a flowering Sisyrinchium orientale. Etching by G. D. Ehret, c. 1743, after himself.
  • Four flowering plants, possibly including species of Sisyrinchium and Dracunculus. Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • Five types of iris (Iris species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph.