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A watercolor painting of a castilleja coccinea and a pedicularis. The written notation by the castilleja coccinea indicates that it was sent to Mary Doane by a Ellen Hitchcock from Fitchburg, MA. A description of the plant is on page 336 of Asa…

A watercolor painting of a cernua. The written notation indicates that it was sent from Montclair, New Jersey by a C. Weeden and was painted on September 24, 1891.

A watercolor painting of a Cherokee rose. The written notation indicates that the flower is from St. Augustine and was painted in February 1873.

A watercolor painting of a chestnut and an American beech. The written notation by the chestnut indicates that a description of the plant is on page 455 of Asa Gray's Manual of Botany. The written notation by the American beech indicates that a…

A watercolor painting of blue "succory" (another name for chicory) and yellow dandelion flowers.

A watercolor painting of two branches of chokeberry. They have white flowers with red stamens.

A painting of a white flower with large green leaves. "Helleborus niger" painted on December 2, 1890. In the bottom corner is an orange and yellow flower.

A watercolor of the cirsium discolor, or the field thistle. The flower has pink, thin petals. The written notation indicates that it was painted in Cohasset, Massachusetts, in September 1891.

A watercolor painting of two species of clematis flowers. One is white and one is purple. They have leafy green vines.

A watercolor painting of a collinsia, a mimulus ringens, and a chelone glabra. The written notation also indicates that the plant is also called the Ohio Blue Eyed Marys and was sent from Cincinnati. The written notation next to the mimulus ringens…