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Watercolor of a Labrador tea branch with a round cluster of white flowers and narrow green leaves on brown stems.

Labrador Tea (Ledum groenlandicum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a branch of ripe persimmons with reddish-orange fruit and dark calyces hanging from brown twigs.

Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a Mexican Fremontia branch with a yellow flower, an orange-red bloom, and lobed green leaves.

Mexican Fremontia (Fremontodendron mexicanum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of red canna lily blooms and a small star-shaped cypress vine flower on a green stem with feathery foliage.

Cannas and Cypress Vine (Canna species and Ipomoea quamoclit)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Watercolor of a whortleberry branch with green leaves, red buds, and one dark berry on cream paper.

Grouse Whortleberry (Vaccinum scoparium)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a Sedum stenopetalum plant with yellow flowers and green leaves on a cream background.

Sedum stenopetalum

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a white-berried baneberry plant with a red stem and golden autumn leaves on a cream background.

Ivory Baneberry (Actaea arguta)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a stem with clusters of small yellow flowers and narrow gray-green leaves on a pale background.

Lithospermum canescens

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a clasping twisted stalk plant with ribbed green leaves and hanging red berries on a cream background.

Clasping Twisted Stalk (Streptopus amplexifolius)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of two white globe-shaped northern onion flower heads on tall green stems above narrow leaves.

Northern Onion (Allium sibiricum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a butterwort with green leaves, slender stalks, and one violet flower on pale paper.

Pinguicula vulgaris

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor botanical study of a slender plant with narrow leaves and small yellow star-shaped flowers on a cream background.

Bastard Toadflax (Comandra pallida)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of green pyrola with pale green bell-shaped flowers, round leaves and red stems on a cream background.

Green Pyrola (Pyrola chlorantha)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

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)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

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

Bearpoppy (Arctomecon merriami)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

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

Bushpoppy (Dendromecon rigidum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

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

Vervain (Verbena wrightii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

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

Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

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

Untitled (Autumn Leaves)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Loose watercolor portrait of a young woman with bowed head, yellow hair and clasped hands against a pink background.

The Artist's Daughter

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

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

Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

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

Showy Aster (Aster conspicuus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

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

Box Huckleberry (Gaylussacia brachycera)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

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

Showy Fleabane (Erigeron salsuginosus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

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

Lobelia Kalmii

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

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

Yellow Stonecrop (Sedum stenopetalum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

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

Blue Bead (Clintonia borealis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

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

Squirrel Corn (Bikukulla canadensis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

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

Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

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

Quakerladies (Houstonia caerulea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

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

Cranberrybush (Viburnum pauciflorum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

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

Moehringia laberiflora

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

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

(Untitled--Plant Study)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1880

A Flowered Gown

Thomas Anshutz, 1900

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

Arethusa (Arethusa bulbosa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

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

On the Road to Monument

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1880

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

Flame Azalea (Azalea lutea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 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)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

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

California Pitcherplant (Chrysamphora californica)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

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

Crossvine (Anisostichus capreolatus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with dark curled hair, white lace collar and dark shawl, gazing to the side.

Emilia Field Brewer

John Alexander McDougall, 1870

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

Alpine Fernlife (Pedicularis contorta)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

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

Moss Gentian (Gentiana prostrata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a gray wig, blue coat and white cravat, set in a gold frame.

Robert Oliphant

Raphaelle Peale, 1790

Watercolor of a bouquet of white and lavender lilacs in a sculpted vase on a tan background.

Lilacs

Elizabeth Nourse, 1890

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

Evergreen Saxifrage (Leptarrhena pyrolifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 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)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 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)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 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)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

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

Crested Iris (Iris cristata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

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

Fairy-Bells (Disporum trachycarpum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

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

Calypso (Cytherea bulbosa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a snowy forest floor in blue shadow, with dark pine trees and thin bare saplings across the scene.

Winter, Monadnock

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1900

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

Arnica (Arnica latifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor still life of a white bowl with yellow daisy, white lily, red zinnia and broad leaves on a pink background.

Bowl of Flowers

Morton Livingston Schamberg, 1910

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

Spring Beauty (Claytonia lanceolata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

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

Giant Helleborine (Epipactia gigantea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1880

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

Crowpoison (Chrosperma muscaetoxicum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

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 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 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 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

Watercolor of two tall aster stems with purple petals, yellow centers and narrow green leaves on a pale background.

Aster (Aster hirariifolius)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a sprig of pale blue anemone flowers with green leaves and purple stems on cream paper.

Anemone (Anemone drummondii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor - William Sommer

Watercolor of two Toad Trillium stems with three broad green leaves and pale striped buds on a cream background.

Toad Trillium (Trillium sessile)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a fringe tree branch with green oval leaves and drooping white thread-like flowers on a brown stem.

Fringe Tree (Chionanthus virginica)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a honeysuckle stem with clusters of red berries and yellowing leaves on a cream background.

Douglas Honeysuckle (Lonicera glaucescens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of two red wood lilies with spotted petals and whorled green leaves on tall stems against a pale background.

Wood Lily (Lilium philadelphicum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a green adder's mouth orchid with tiny greenish flowers and two broad leaves on a pale background.

Green Adder's Mouth (Malaxis unifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of white alpine flowers with yellow centers on reddish stems above green rosette leaves, on cream paper.

Sweet Androsace (Androsace carinata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of purple saxifrage flowers and green leaves growing from a dark mound of soil on cream paper.

Purple Saxifrage (Saxifrage oppositifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a Hedysarum branch with pale yellow flower clusters and pinnate green leaves on red stems.

Hedysarum (Hedysarum sulphurescens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910