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untitled watercolour [Playarium Grandi]

c. 1850

Untitled and undated watercolour on paper of a plant labelled 'Playarium Grandi From new S.W.' by Emma Aloysia Novello.

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Insectivorous plants

Darwin, Charles (1809-1882)

1875

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The various contrivances by which orchids are fertilised by insects

Darwin, Charles (1809-1882)

1877

Title of 1st ed.: On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects.

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The variation of animals and plants under domestication (v.1)

Darwin, Charles (1809-1882)

1875

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The variation of animals and plants under domestication (v.2)

Darwin, Charles (1809-1882)

1875

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Digitised copy available on the Internet Archive as part of the UK Medical Heritage Library Project
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The power of movement in plants

Darwin, Charles (1809-1882); Darwin, Sir Francis (1848-1925)

1880

Includes index.

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The movements and habits of climbing plants

Darwin, Charles (1809-1882)

1875

"This essay first appeared in the ninth volume of the Journal of the Linnean Society, published in 1865."--Pref.

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untitled watercolour [portrait of a mythological figure]

c. 1830

Undated watercolour of a mythological figure, likely to be Bacchus, by Edward Petre Novello. The figure holds a metal vessel in their proper left hand and wears a wreath of ivy on their head. There is...

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Gardenage; or, The plants of Ninhursaga

Grigson, Geoffrey (1905-1985); Bridgen, John William

1952

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