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Mary Vaux Walcott

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Watercolor of a Western Mountain Ash branch with clusters of red berries and green serrated leaves on a pale background.

Western Mountain Ash (Sorbus sambucifolia)

1910

Watercolor of white bearpoppy flowers with yellow stamens, hairy buds, and grey-green hairy leaves on curving stems.

Bearpoppy (Arctomecon merriami)

1930

Watercolor of yellow bushpoppy flowers, buds and narrow green leaves on branching reddish stems against a pale background.

Bushpoppy (Dendromecon rigidum)

1920

Watercolor of a vervain plant with clusters of pink and purple flowers and thin green leaves on a cream background.

Vervain (Verbena wrightii)

1930

Watercolor of two stems of pink fireweed flowers and buds with long green leaves on a pale background.

Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium)

1920

Watercolor of a branch with red autumn maple leaves veined in green and yellow on a cream background.

Untitled (Autumn Leaves)

1870

Watercolor of a fireweed stem with pink and magenta blossoms, buds and narrow green leaves on white paper.

Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium)

1900

Watercolor of a Showy Aster stem with lavender daisy-like flowers and green serrated leaves on a cream background.

Showy Aster (Aster conspicuus)

1910

Watercolor of a box huckleberry branch with pink bell-shaped flowers and green oval leaves on reddish stems.

Box Huckleberry (Gaylussacia brachycera)

1910

Watercolor of three lavender fleabane flowers with yellow centers on slender green stems with narrow leaves.

Showy Fleabane (Erigeron salsuginosus)

1900

Watercolor of two slender stems with small purple lobelia flowers and narrow green leaves on a pale background.

Lobelia Kalmii

1900

Watercolor of a yellow stonecrop stem with clusters of yellow flowers and blue-green succulent rosettes on dark brown.

Yellow Stonecrop (Sedum stenopetalum)

1920

Watercolor of a Clintonia borealis plant with broad green leaves and a stem topped by four dark blue berries.

Blue Bead (Clintonia borealis)

1930

Watercolor of a squirrel corn plant with feathery green leaves, drooping white flowers, and yellow tubers with roots.

Squirrel Corn (Bikukulla canadensis)

1920

Watercolor of a Virginia bluebell stem with blue and pink drooping flowers and green oval leaves on white paper.

Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica)

1910

Watercolor of blue Quakerlady flowers with yellow centers on thin green stems rising from a small mound of soil.

Quakerladies (Houstonia caerulea)

1910

Watercolor of a cranberrybush branch with red berries and lobed green leaves on a pale background.

Cranberrybush (Viburnum pauciflorum)

1920

Watercolor of a slender plant with small white flowers, oval green leaves and buds on a cream background.

Moehringia laberiflora

1900

Watercolor study of two Indian paintbrush stems with red bracts and green leaves on beige paper.

(Untitled--Plant Study)

1880

Watercolor of three pink Arethusa bulbosa orchid flowers on slender green stems with bulb and roots below.

Arethusa (Arethusa bulbosa)

1910

Watercolor of white and lavender flowers with yellow centers and green stems on a grey-green background.

On the Road to Monument

1880

Watercolor of a flowering Flame Azalea branch with orange-yellow blossoms, buds, and green leaves on a pale background.

Flame Azalea (Azalea lutea)

1920

Watercolor of a False Indigo branch with pale yellow flower spikes, green leaves and purple stems on a cream background.

False Indigo (Baptista bructeata)

1930

Watercolor of California pitcherplants with green and maroon hooded pitchers and a nodding red flower on a tall stem.

California Pitcherplant (Chrysamphora californica)

1920

Watercolor of a crossvine branch with red trumpet flowers fading to yellow and orange, surrounded by green leaves.

Crossvine (Anisostichus capreolatus)

1920

Watercolor botanical study of an alpine plant with pale yellow hooded flowers on slender stems and feathery green leaves.

Alpine Fernlife (Pedicularis contorta)

1900

Watercolor of a moss gentian sprig with blue star-shaped flowers and green leaves on a cream background.

Moss Gentian (Gentiana prostrata)

1910

Watercolor of Evergreen Saxifrage with rosette leaves and two red stems topped by clusters of small white flowers.

Evergreen Saxifrage (Leptarrhena pyrolifolia)

1910

Watercolor of a tall spike of pink fringed orchid flowers with broad green leaves on a pale background.

Large Purple Fringe-Orchid (Habenaria grandiflora)

1920

Watercolor of beargrass with a tall stem of dense white flowers, a reddish bud, and long green leaves against a pale backgrou

Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax)

1920

Watercolor of Grassleaf Agoseris with grass-like leaves, an orange flower head, a seed head and a bud on slender stems.

Grassleaf Agoseris (Agoseris graminifolia)

1900

Watercolor of crested iris with two lavender flowers, a bud, and green leaves on a pale background.

Crested Iris (Iris cristata)

1910

Watercolor of a fairy-bells plant with pointed green leaves and bright red berries on a pale background.

Fairy-Bells (Disporum trachycarpum)

1910

Watercolor of pink bleeding heart, yellow pansy, and white daffodil with green leaves on a cream background.

(Untitled--Mixed Flowers)

1870

Watercolor of two pink calypso orchid flowers on thin stems above striped green leaves on a cream background.

Calypso (Cytherea bulbosa)

1910

Watercolor botanical study of yellow arnica flowers with hairy green stems, leaves, and buds on a pale background.

Arnica (Arnica latifolia)

1900

Watercolor of a spring beauty plant with white pink-striped flowers, buds and narrow green leaves on a pale background.

Spring Beauty (Claytonia lanceolata)

1910

Watercolor of two white flowers with yellow stamens, pink buds and green leaves on a grey background.

Giant Helleborine (Epipactia gigantea)

1880

Watercolor botanical study of two white flower spikes with long green leaves on a cream background.

Crowpoison (Chrosperma muscaetoxicum)

1920

Watercolor of a thorny currant branch with lobed green leaves and clusters of small pink flowers on cream paper.

Prickly Currant (Ribes lacustre)

1910

Watercolor of a brass-framed hourglass with red sand resting on a brown wooden pedestal against a pale background.

Untitled (Hourglass)

1870

Watercolor botanical study of a plant with pink blossoms, yellow centers, green buds and serrated leaves.

Rose Gentian (Sabbatia angularis)

1880

Watercolor botanical study of a Kruhsea plant with red berries, yellow-green leaves and exposed roots on cream paper.

Kruhsea (Kruhsea streptopoides)

1920

Watercolor of a yellow-flowered plant stem with feathery green leaves on a cream background.

Capnoides aureum

1910

Watercolor of a dark red trillium flower above three broad green leaves on a slender stem.

Whippoorwill Flower (Trillium H.)

1930

Watercolor of deathcamas with pale cream star-shaped flowers on tall stems above slender green leaves.

Deathcamas (Zygadenus elegans)

1910

Watercolor of a pink rose bud on a green thorny stem with serrated leaves, labeled No. 4 in pink ink.

Untitled (Rose)

1870

Watercolor of purple iris flowers and buds with long green leaves against a pale background.

Iris (Iris species)

1930

Watercolor of a low whortleberry sprig with pink flowers and green leaves on brown stems, on a cream background.

Low Whortleberry (Vaccinium caespitosum)

1910

Watercolor of snowberry branches with clusters of white berries and green oval leaves on a pale background.

Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus)

1910

Watercolor of a plume anemone plant with white flowers, yellow centers, blue-tinged buds and feathery leaves on cream paper.

Plume Anemone (Pulsatilla occidentalis)

1910

Watercolor of a yellow woolly agoseris flower on a tall stem with green leaves, a red bud, and dried roots.

Woolly Agoseris (Agoseris villosa)

1910

Watercolor of a green false hellebore plant with clusters of greenish flowers and broad striped leaves on a pale background.

Green Bear Cabbage (Veratrum viride)

1910

Watercolor of a beaked hazelnut branch with serrated leaves and hairy, beaked husks on a reddish-brown stem.

Beaked Hazelnut (Corylus rostrata)

1930

Watercolor of Spanish Bayonet yucca with green seed pods, pointed leaves and curled brown dried bracts on a pale background.

Spanish Bayonet (Yucca baccata)

1930

Watercolor of wild flax with pale blue flowers, buds, and slender green stems on a cream background.

Wild Flax (Linum lewisii)

1910

Watercolor of purple gentian blossoms and buds on slender green stems against a pale background.

Gentian (Gentiana holopetala)

1930

Watercolor of an evening primrose plant with a yellow open flower, buds, and narrow green leaves on thin stems.

Evening Primrose (Oenothera lavandalaefolia)

1930

Watercolor of two stems of blue larkspur with violet-blue flowers and narrow green leaves on a cream background.

Blue Larkspur (Delphinium nuttallianum)

1900

Watercolor of a Clematis viorna vine with dark purple nodding buds and green leaves on a pale background.

Leather Flower (Clematis viorna)

1920

Watercolor of a yellow Mariposa lily stem with an open bloom, closed buds, a seed pod, and narrow green leaves.

Goldenbowl Mariposa (Calochortus claratus)

1920

Watercolor of Oconee-bells with white fringed flowers, yellow centers and rounded green leaves on a pale background.

Oconee-Bells (Shortia galacifolia)

1910

Watercolor of a plant with a leaf rosette, slender stems, small white flowers with yellow centers, and a green bud.

Oxytropis aepicola

1920

Watercolor botanical study of a succulent plant with fleshy green leaves and clusters of red and magenta flowers on a cream b

Sanifoiga adscendeus

1920