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31."Clethra Alnifolia' (in her index Mrs Delany wrote 'Virginian Cat's Tail')
32.Detail of the left-hand spray. A real leaf is included in this picture, lower right. This flower was completed during a visit to Bill Hill.
33.'Mimosa latisiliqua, White flowering accasia with broad pods' [Lysiloma latisliqua]. Over 500 leaves are cut in various shades of green.
34. Carduus nutans, Musk or nodding Thistle.
35.'Solanum Melongena, Egg Plant'. Finely cut strips of lighter paper edge the leaves. This plant was growing in the hot-house at Bulstrode.