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Hand-coloured plate of a white-pink rhododendron flower cluster with red stamens and large dark green leaves.

Herbier général de l'amateur, deuxiéme série - Plate (page 252)

deuxiéme série From: Herbier général de l'amateur, 1847

Watercolor plate of a black walnut tree with a broad green crown beside a slimmer tree in an open grassy field.

Familiar trees and their leaves, described and illustrated by F. Schuyler Mathews, with il - Plate (page 269)

From: Familiar trees and their leaves, described and illustrated by F. Schuyler Mathews, with il, 1911

Coloured botanical plate of creeping bentgrass Agrostis stolonifera with leaves, flower spikes, roots and numbered detail dra

Les meilleures plantes fourragères - Plate 11

From: Les meilleures plantes fourragères, 1883

Engraved botanical illustration of a scale fern with rising fronds and a spreading root system, labeled Ceterach officinarum.

The ferns of Sidmouth - Plate (page 59)

From: The ferns of Sidmouth, 1862

Hand-coloured botanical plate of a trailing plant with trifoliate leaves, yellow flowers, dark seed clusters and roots.

Flora Londinensis, or, Plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs - Plate 57

From: Flora Londinensis, or, Plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs, 1777

Hand-colored botanical plate of a flowering plant with purple and white blooms, green leaves, and dissection studies below.

Herbier général de l'amateur, deuxiéme série - Plate (page 280)

deuxiéme série From: Herbier général de l'amateur, 1847

Painted plate of a hickory or shagbark tree with a full green canopy standing in an open grassy field under a pale sky.

Familiar trees and their leaves, described and illustrated by F. Schuyler Mathews, with il - Plate (page 274)

From: Familiar trees and their leaves, described and illustrated by F. Schuyler Mathews, with il, 1911

Coloured botanical plate of red clover with pink flower heads and numbered dissections of flower parts and seeds.

Les meilleures plantes fourragères - Plate 12

From: Les meilleures plantes fourragères, 1883

Four dark printed illustrations of forked fern fronds of Scolopendrium vulgare with caption below, from an 1862 plate.

The ferns of Sidmouth - Plate (page 65)

From: The ferns of Sidmouth, 1862

Hand-coloured botanical plate of Arum maculatum showing spotted leaves, a spathe, red berries, roots and numbered detail stud

Flora Londinensis, or, Plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs - Plate 63

From: Flora Londinensis, or, Plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs, 1777

Hand-coloured botanical plate of Gloxinia pallidiflora with white flowers and large dark green leaves.

Herbier général de l'amateur, deuxiéme série - Plate (page 310)

deuxiéme série From: Herbier général de l'amateur, 1847

Watercolor illustration of a tall red spruce on a rocky slope with other conifers behind it under a pale sky.

Familiar trees and their leaves, described and illustrated by F. Schuyler Mathews, with il - Plate (page 331)

From: Familiar trees and their leaves, described and illustrated by F. Schuyler Mathews, with il, 1911

Hand-coloured botanical plate of white clover with leaves, flower heads, roots, and numbered dissection drawings of flower pa

Les meilleures plantes fourragères - Plate 14

From: Les meilleures plantes fourragères, 1883

Botanical drawing of common hard fern fronds with labels marking barren and fertile fronds, from The ferns of Sidmouth, 1862.

The ferns of Sidmouth - Plate (page 69)

From: The ferns of Sidmouth, 1862

Hand-coloured engraving of the moss Hypnum sericeum with numbered detail views of stems, leaves and capsules.

Flora Londinensis, or, Plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs - Plate 69

From: Flora Londinensis, or, Plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs, 1777

Hand-coloured botanical plate of purple Sisyrinchium Douglasii flowers with green leaves and numbered floral diagrams.

Herbier général de l'amateur, deuxiéme série - Plate (page 336)

deuxiéme série From: Herbier général de l'amateur, 1847

Colour plate of a tall red cedar and smaller conifers standing in snow under a pale yellow-green sky.

Familiar trees and their leaves, described and illustrated by F. Schuyler Mathews, with il - Plate (page 349)

From: Familiar trees and their leaves, described and illustrated by F. Schuyler Mathews, with il, 1911

Coloured botanical plate of a sainfoin plant with red flower spikes, leaves, and detailed flower and seed dissections.

Les meilleures plantes fourragères - Plate 15

From: Les meilleures plantes fourragères, 1883

Engraved botanical plate of the royal fern Osmunda regalis with fertile and barren fronds and spore cases.

The ferns of Sidmouth - Plate (page 77)

From: The ferns of Sidmouth, 1862

Engraved botanical plate of a branch with veined leaves and clusters of small flower buds, labeled Hufelandia Thomaea.

Annexa est Plantarum laurinarum secundum affinitates naturales expositio - Plate (page 32)

From: Annexa est Plantarum laurinarum secundum affinitates naturales expositio, 1833

Hand-coloured engraved plate of Hydnum squamosum mushrooms showing caps, stems and gills in several views.

Histoire des champignons de la France, ou, Traité élémentaire, renfermant dans un ordre - Plate 409

From: Histoire des champignons de la France, ou, Traité élémentaire, renfermant dans un ordre, 1791

Botanical plate of Exacum pedunculare with flowering stems, roots, and numbered flower and seed detail drawings.

Icones plantarum Indiae Orientalis - Plate 336

From: Icones plantarum Indiae Orientalis, 1840

Grid of numbered pen drawings of grasses and sedges with stems, leaves, roots and small flower heads, titled Triandria.

The pictorial flora - Plate (page 19)

From: The pictorial flora, 1840

Engraved botanical plate of a leafy branch with flower clusters and numbered dissections of floral parts and seeds.

Annexa est Plantarum laurinarum secundum affinitates naturales expositio - Plate (page 33)

From: Annexa est Plantarum laurinarum secundum affinitates naturales expositio, 1833

Hand-coloured engraved plate of puffball fungi at various growth stages, with French captions below.

Histoire des champignons de la France, ou, Traité élémentaire, renfermant dans un ordre - Plate 435

From: Histoire des champignons de la France, ou, Traité élémentaire, renfermant dans un ordre, 1791

Line drawing of a botanical branch with oval compound leaves and clusters of flowers, plus a detail of a seed pod spike.

Icones plantarum Indiae Orientalis - Plate 406

From: Icones plantarum Indiae Orientalis, 1840

Page of twelve numbered ink sketches of flowering plants with stems, leaves and blossoms, headed Pentandria.

The pictorial flora - Plate (page 61)

From: The pictorial flora, 1840

Botanical plate showing Draba funiculosa and Cardamine hirsuta with coloured specimens and numbered flower dissections.

Illustrations of the flowering plants and ferns of the Falkland Islands - Plate 8

From: Illustrations of the flowering plants and ferns of the Falkland Islands, 1921

Botanical engraving of a flowering branch with large leaves, star-shaped blossoms, and a dissected flower detail, plate 440.

Icones plantarum Indiae Orientalis - Plate 440

From: Icones plantarum Indiae Orientalis, 1840

Page of numbered black-and-white botanical engravings of flowering plants under the heading PENTANDRIA, from 1840.

The pictorial flora - Plate (page 83)

From: The pictorial flora, 1840