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Watercolor of a slender agoseris plant with reddish stems, white seed heads, and narrow green leaves on cream paper.

Slender Agoseris (Agoseris gracilens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of red-roofed village houses beneath palm trees with soft blue hills behind them.

Village Street, Dominica

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1920

Watercolor botanical study of a flowering valerian plant with pink clustered blossoms and green leaves on a pale background.

Heliotrope Valerian (Valeriana sitchensis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a pink-flowered plant with rosette green leaves, two stems, one with open pink blossoms and one with buds.

Untitled - Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor botanical study of two stems with white and yellow flowers and serrated leaves, one stem tinged red.

Pedicularis raremosa

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a flowering butterfly pea vine with purple blossoms, buds and green leaves on a pale background.

Butterfly Pea (Clitoria mariana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a pink rhododendron flower cluster with large green leaves on a grey background, dated 1880.

Rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1880

Watercolor of a branch with drooping pink bell-shaped flowers and green oval leaves on a pale background.

Menziesea (Menziesea glabella)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Oval miniature portrait of an older man with white hair in a dark coat, framed by a ring of pearls on gold.

Barnabus Bates

Barnabus Bates, 1850

Watercolor of a pink orchid with white spotted lips on a tall stem above green leaves and moss, on a pale background.

Orchis (Orchis rotundifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a highbush blueberry branch with clusters of white bell-shaped flowers and green leaves on a cream background.

Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of purple and lilac violet flowers with lobed green leaves on a brown ground, against a cream background.

Southern Coast Violet (Viola septemloba)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a drooping giant arborvitae branch with green foliage and pale green cones on a cream background.

Giant Arborvitae (Thuja plicata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a flowering Chickasaw plum branch with white blossoms and green leaves on a cream background.

Chickasaw Plum (Prunus angustifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor botanical study of a white-flowered plant with slender stems and narrow leaves on a cream background.

Arenaria formosa

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of three heather sprigs with pink bell-shaped flowers and green leaves on a pale background.

Heather (Phyllodoce intermedia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a yellow violet with round green leaves and a bud rising from brown soil on white paper.

Viola orbiculata

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a stem with clusters of pink aster flowers with yellow centers and long green leaves on a pale background.

Aster Engelmann

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a Bog Kalmia plant with clusters of pink flowers and narrow green leaves on reddish stems.

Bog Kalmia (Kalmia polifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of white avalanche lilies with yellow stamens, arching stems, broad green leaves and a closed bud on pale paper.

Avalanche Lily (Erythronium montanum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor bouquet of yellow, blue, white and pink wildflowers with green stems on a grey background.

(Untitled, Group of Flowers)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1880

Watercolor of a common pitcherplant with green and maroon pitchers and a tall stem topped by a red nodding flower.

Common Pitcherplant (Sarracenia purpurea venosa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a tall fleabane plant with pink and yellow flower heads on a branching purple stem and narrow green leaves.

Tall Fleabane (Erigeron acris)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of Western Monkshood with violet hooded flowers, green buds and lobed leaves on tall stems against a cream backgro

Western Monkshood (Aconitum columbianum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of two Nodding Ladies-Tresses orchid stems with white spiral flower spikes and green leaves on pale paper.

Nodding Ladies-Tresses (Ibidium cernum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of two yellow trillium plants with broad mottled green leaves and open yellow flowers on a pale background.

Whippoorwill Flower (Trillium hugeri)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a flowering shadbush branch with white blossoms, green leaves, and brown stems on cream paper.

Shadbush (Amelianchier oblongifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of white alpine flowers with yellow centers and dark green leaves growing from brown soil against a grey wash.

White Dryad (Dryas octopetala)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of two slender stems with clusters of purple tubular flowers against a pale background.

Grass Nut (Brodiaea laxa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of violet vernal iris flowers with yellow throats and green leaves on a pale cream background.

Vernal Iris (Iris verna)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910