Yale Center for British Art

Title:
Pressed botanical specimens.
Published / Created:
Great Britain, ca. 1825.
Physical Description:
38 specimens ; on sheets 17 x 10 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Archives & Manuscripts
Notes:
Accompanied by a contemporary made-to-size box, covered in pink, green, and white paper, trimmed in gold.
Contents:
Achillea tomentosa -- Androsace lactea -- Arenaria biflora -- Achillea thoment -- Arenaria ciliata -- Aretia helvetica -- Asplenium septentrionale -- Bupleurum ranunculoides -- Cerastium alpinum -- Ceterach officinarum -- Delphinium consolida -- Draba alpinum, Igloolik, 1823 -- Dryas octopetala -- Ephedra distachia -- Erynus alpinus -- Gentiana bavarica -- Gnaphalium divicum -- Gnaphalium leontopodium -- Gnaphalium norvegicum -- Hedysarum obscurum -- Igloolik, 1823 [3] -- Moehringia muscosa -- Phyteuma orbicularis -- Plantago alpina -- Poa vivipara -- Polygonum viviparum -- Potentilla aurea -- Primula acaulis -- Ranunculus alpestris -- Salix reticulata -- Saponaria ocymoides -- Satirium nigrum -- Saxifraga oppositifolia, Minks [?] Island, 1822 -- Saxifraga aizoon -- Soldanella alpina -- Trifolium alpinum.
Subject Terms:
Pressed flower pictures. | Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain. | Botanical specimens -- Great Britain. | Flowers -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain. | Flowers -- Great Britain. | Mountain plants -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain. | Mountain plants -- Great Britain.
Form/Genre:
Herbaria.