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Three leafy plant stems. Watercolour.

Two climbing plants: leafy stems. Watercolour.

Angelica (Angelica archangelica): root segments and stem with bud. Watercolour.

Rose stem with autumn leaves. Watercolour drawing.

Two plants: leafy stems, one with bulb and flower. Watercolour.

A fruiting plant of the Scrophulariaceae family: stem in two sections. Watercolour.

Various leaf forms, leaf venation, bud arrangements and woody stems. Watercolour by I. Sawkins.

Four examples of thorny or hairy plant stems: a rose, barberry, plum and stinging nettle. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.

Fifteen plant leaves with different types of venation, stalk and autumn colour. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.

Ten different forms of plant stem and two anatomical sections. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.

Fourteen different forms of plant stem. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.

Two leafy stems and one flowering plant. Watercolour, c. 1870.

Daises (Bellis species) and eyebrights (Euphrasia species): various illustrations of leaves, stems and flowers. Watercolour, pencil and pen drawings.

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A fruiting plant of the Scrophulariaceae family: stem in two sections. Watercolour.

Fourteen different forms of plant stem. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.

Two leafy stems and one flowering plant. Watercolour, c. 1870.

Rose stem with autumn leaves. Watercolour drawing.

Daises (Bellis species) and eyebrights (Euphrasia species): various illustrations of leaves, stems and flowers. Watercolour, pencil and pen drawings.