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Engraved botanical plate of a bromelia with spiny leaves, a tall flowering spike, roots, and small floral detail sketches.

Reliquiæ Houstounianæ - Plate 16

From: Reliquiæ Houstounianæ, 1794

Engraved plan of a circular formal garden with a central fountain, a manor house above, and figures in the foreground.

Systema horti-culturæ, or, The art of gardening - Plate (page 36)

From: Systema horti-culturæ, or, The art of gardening, 1688

Hand-colored botanical plate of a pistachio tree branch with green leaves, clustered fruit, and numbered detail insets.

The North American sylva; or A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canad - Plate 103

Pancrace Bessa & Pierre Joseph Redouté, 1853

Engraved botanical plate of Cassia americana with leaves, long seed pods and detached pod cross-sections.

Reliquiæ Houstounianæ - Plate 17

From: Reliquiæ Houstounianæ, 1794

Hand-coloured botanical plate of a grass with flowering spikes, leaves and roots, with numbered detail drawings below.

Flora Londinensis, or, Plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs - Plate 4

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

Hand-colored botanical plate of a hornbeam branch with serrated leaves, catkin clusters, and nut details.

The North American sylva; or A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canad - Plate 108

Pancrace Bessa & Pierre Joseph Redouté, 1853

Engraved botanical plate of a lobed-leaf plant with yellow daisy-like flower heads, labeled plate 21.

Reliquiæ Houstounianæ - Plate 21

From: Reliquiæ Houstounianæ, 1794

Hand-coloured botanical plate of a branch of Ribes albidum with clusters of white flowers and dark green lobed leaves.

Herbier général de l'amateur, deuxiéme série - Plate (page 23)

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

Hand-colored botanical plate of large tupelo leaves, a dark fruit on a red stalk, and a ribbed seed.

The North American sylva; or A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canad - Plate 112

Pancrace Bessa & Pierre Joseph Redouté, 1853

Engraved botanical plate of a thorny Mimosa quadrivalvis branch with feathery leaves and round flower heads.

Reliquiæ Houstounianæ - Plate 25

From: Reliquiæ Houstounianæ, 1794

Watercolor plate of a liquidambar tree with two trunks and green leaves in an open field, with distant trees.

Familiar trees and their leaves, described and illustrated by F. Schuyler Mathews, with il - Plate (page 6)

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

Hand-colored botanical plate of a sweet leaf branch with large green leaves, yellow flower clusters, and a blue fruit detail.

The North American sylva; or A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canad - Plate 117

Pancrace Bessa & Pierre Joseph Redouté, 1853

Engraved botanical plate 26 showing a feathery-leaved branch, puffy stamen flower heads, an enlarged flower, and a seed pod.

Reliquiæ Houstounianæ - Plate 26

From: Reliquiæ Houstounianæ, 1794

Colored botanical plate of a ray-grass plant with flowering spikes, roots, and numbered detail studies of seeds and florets.

Les meilleures plantes fourragères - Plate 1

From: Les meilleures plantes fourragères, 1883

Hand-colored botanical plate of a black ash branch with pinnate leaves and hanging winged seeds.

The North American sylva; or A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canad - Plate 122

Pancrace Bessa & Pierre Joseph Redouté, 1853

Engraved botanical plate of Mimosa asperata showing a spiny branch, feathery leaves, flower heads, and an open seed pod.

Reliquiæ Houstounianæ - Plate 24

From: Reliquiæ Houstounianæ, 1794

Black ink botanical plate of a common polypody fern showing frond, vein detail, rhizome and spore case.

The ferns of Sidmouth - Plate (page 9)

From: The ferns of Sidmouth, 1862

Botanical plate of white elm showing a leafy branch, a cluster of flowers, and a sprig of winged seeds on cream paper.

The North American sylva; or A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canad - Plate 126

Pancrace Bessa & Pierre Joseph Redouté, 1853

Hand-coloured botanical plate of Plantago lanceolata with leaves, roots, flower spikes and dissection details.

Flora Londinensis, or, Plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs - Plate 10

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

Hand-coloured botanical plate of a branch with white flowers, pink buds and large green leaves, labelled Luculia Pinceana.

Herbier général de l'amateur, deuxiéme série - Plate (page 48)

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

Hand-colored botanical plate of a Bass Wood branch with heart-shaped leaves, pale flower clusters and round green fruit.

The North American sylva; or A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canad - Plate 131

Pancrace Bessa & Pierre Joseph Redouté, 1853

Black-and-white photo of a multi-trunked beech tree in dense woodland, captioned The Painted Beech.

Familiar trees and their leaves, described and illustrated by F. Schuyler Mathews, with il - Plate (page 25)

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

Colored botanical plate of Italian ryegrass with flowering spikes, root system, and numbered detail drawings of spikelets and

Les meilleures plantes fourragères - Plate 2

From: Les meilleures plantes fourragères, 1883

Hand-coloured botanical plate of a grey pine branch with needles and cones, with two small detail drawings beside it.

The North American sylva; or A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canad - Plate 136

Pancrace Bessa & Pierre Joseph Redouté, 1853

Grey botanical plate of two fern fronds, one lobed and one fertile with dotted spore clusters, captioned Polypodium vulgare.

The ferns of Sidmouth - Plate (page 15)

From: The ferns of Sidmouth, 1862

Hand-coloured botanical plate of Chenopodium viride with green leaves, flower spikes, roots and detail drawings.

Flora Londinensis, or, Plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs - Plate 16

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

Hand-coloured botanical plate of a Table Mountain Pine branch with needles, a spiny cone, and detail views of a needle and se

The North American sylva; or A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canad - Plate 140

Pancrace Bessa & Pierre Joseph Redouté, 1853

Hand-coloured botanical plate of a Chirita sinensis plant with white flowers, green leaves and magnified dissection insets.

Herbier général de l'amateur, deuxiéme série - Plate (page 80)

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

Watercolor plate of a tall sour gum tupelo tree beside a dirt road and stone wall, with evergreens in the background.

Familiar trees and their leaves, described and illustrated by F. Schuyler Mathews, with il - Plate (page 61)

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

Hand-coloured botanical plate of a white pine branch with long needles, a hanging brown cone, and detail sketches of scale an

The North American sylva; or A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canad - Plate 145

Pancrace Bessa & Pierre Joseph Redouté, 1853