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

Prickly Currant (Ribes lacustre)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

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

Untitled (Hourglass)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

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

Rose Gentian (Sabbatia angularis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1880

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

Kruhsea (Kruhsea streptopoides)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

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

Capnoides aureum

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a winding dirt road through golden poppy fields, dark cypress trees, and hazy mountains beyond.

California Spring Landscape

Elmer Wachtel, 1920

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

Whippoorwill Flower (Trillium H.)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

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

Deathcamas (Zygadenus elegans)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

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

Untitled (Rose)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

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

Iris (Iris species)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

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

Low Whortleberry (Vaccinium caespitosum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of cattle drinking at a calm river beneath a leafy tree, with a figure on the bank and soft clouds above.

Untitled - William Rickarby Miller, 1870

William Rickarby Miller, 1870

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

Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 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)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 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)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 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)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

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

Beaked Hazelnut (Corylus rostrata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 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)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

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

Wild Flax (Linum lewisii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

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

Gentian (Gentiana holopetala)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

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

Evening Primrose (Oenothera lavandalaefolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

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

Blue Larkspur (Delphinium nuttallianum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

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

Leather Flower (Clematis viorna)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 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)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

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

Oconee-Bells (Shortia galacifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

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

Oxytropis aepicola

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of sunlit grey boulders outlined in blue, with slender trees and green shrubs behind them.

Rocks, Maine

Maurice Prendergast, 1910

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

Sanifoiga adscendeus

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of two stems with clusters of magenta beautyberry fruits on a cream background.

Beauty Berry (Callicarpa americana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a white orchid-like flower with yellow center on a green stem with long narrow leaves, on pale background.

White Epidendrum (Epidendrum nocturnum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910