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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

Loose watercolor of palm trees on a sunlit sandy landscape under a pale lavender sky, by Abbott Handerson Thayer.

West Indies

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1920

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 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