Description | Bound volume containing 26 watercolour paintings of flowering plants, mostly British, as well as labels and details of the date and location that the flower was found. The bound volume is unadorned, and the number '19' written on the spine. The following plants are listed showing the page number, the common name or names, and the Latin name in brackets:
871. Summer Snowflake (Leucoium æstivum) 872. Black Bryony (Tamus communis) 873. Black Bryony (Tamus communis) 874. Black Bryony (Tamus communis) 875. Black Bryony (Tamus communis) 876. Herb Paris (Paris quadrifolia) 877. Solomon Seal (Polygonatum multiflorum) 878. Solomon Seal (Polygonatum multiflorum) 879. Angular Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum officinale) NB: This watercolour is mounted on the verso of no. 878 880. Lily-of-the-Valley (Convallaria majalis) 881. Butcher's Broom (Ruscus aculeatus) Details of flowers, leaves, fruit depicted also 882. Turk's Cap Lily (Lilium martagon) Detail of roots depicted also 883. [Pyrenean Lily, Yellow Turk's-cap Lily, Yellow Martagon Lily] (Lilium pyrenaicum) 884. Fritillary, Snakes-head (Fritillaria meleagris) 885. Wild Tulip (Tulipa sylvestris) Large details of flower and bulb depicted also 886. Yellow Gagea, [Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem] (Gagea lutea) Detail of flower bud depicted also 887. Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum) 888. Spiked Star-of-Bethlehem, [Prussian Asparagus, Wild Asparagus, Bath Asparagus, Pyrenees Star of Bethlehem] (Ornithogalum pyrenaicum) Large detail of fading leaves depicted also 889. Vernal Squill, [Spring Squill] (Scilla verna) Detail of flower depicted also NB: This watercolour is mounted on the verso of no. 888 890. Autumnal Squill (Scilla autumnalis) Detail of root depicted also 891. Wild Hyacinth, Blue-bell (Scilla nutans) Details of root depicted also 892. Grape Hyacinth (Muscari racemosum) Detail of seeds depicted and labelled "June 11" 893. Sand Lily (Allium scorodoprasum) Details of flowers depicted also 894. Field Leek (Allium oleraceum) ['Druce' is noted too] 895. Field Lily, [Field Garlic] (Allium carinatum var. A. oleraceum) 896. Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) Detail of flower depicted also |