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Watercolor of a red-bracted Tillandsia bromeliad with violet flowers among long green arching leaves.

Quill-Leaf Tillandsia (Tillandsia fasciculata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of orange Mexican poppies with buds and feathery gray-green leaves on a pale background.

Mexican Poppy (Eschscholtzia mexicana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1927

Watercolor of a white anemone flower with yellow stamens and green serrated leaves on a pale background.

Anemone canadensis

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a branching owl-clover plant with clusters of pink flower bracts and narrow green leaves on cream paper.

Owl-clover (Orthocarpus tenuifolius)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a sprig of small pink and magenta wildflowers with slender stems and feathery green leaves on cream paper.

Gilia linanthus parviflorus

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of an American pasqueflower with a feathery purple seed head on a tall stem and fine green leaves.

American Pasqueflower (Pulsatilla ludoviciana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a Bruges marketplace with a Gothic townhouse, women with baskets, umbrella stalls and a church spire.

Marketplace at Bruges

Samuel Prout, 1780

Watercolor of red-orange spotted lily blossoms with dark stamens and narrow green leaves on a tall stem.

Red Lily (Lilium montanum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a Strawberry Bush sprig with green leaves and small white flowers with yellow centers on pale paper.

Strawberry Bush (Euonymus americanus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of two stems of red larkspur with magenta spurred flowers and green buds on a pale background.

Red Larkspur (Delphinium nudicale)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a gentian plant with pale lavender flowers, buds and green leaves on a white background.

Gentian (Gentiana newberri)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1938

Watercolor of a turtlehead plant with narrow green leaves and clustered white and pink tubular flowers on a tall stem.

Turtlehead (Chelone glabra)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a drooping arborvitae branch with green scale-like foliage and clusters of small pale green cones.

Giant Arborvitae (Thuja plicata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

Watercolor of a spotted pipsissewa plant with white flowers on red stems above green serrated leaves.

Spotted Pipsissewa (Chimaphila maculata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a blazing star stem with yellow flowers, buds, serrated green leaves and a dried seed pod on pale paper.

Blazing Star (Mentzelia laevicaulis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a pink-flowered Western Cranesbill plant with lobed green leaves, buds and stems on a pale background.

Western Cranesbill (Geranium viscosissimum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1925

Watercolor of a red pitcher plant bloom and green pitcher leaves on pale stems against a cream background.

Drummond Pitcherplant (Sarracenia drummondii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a pink wild rose with red buds and thorny stems beside two small blue blue-eyed grass flowers.

Wild Rose and Blue-eyed Grass (Rosa species and Sisyrinchium species)

Mary Vaux Walcott

Watercolor of a bladder campion stem with white flowers, pink-purple buds and green leaves on a pale background.

Bladder Campion (Silene latifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a yaupon holly branch with red berries and green serrated leaves on a pale background.

Yaupon (Ilex vomitoria)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1926

Watercolor of a tall red snow plant stalk with clusters of bell-shaped blossoms and curling reddish leaves at its base.

Snow Plant (Sarcodes sanguinea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a tuliptree branch with a yellow and orange blossom, green buds and large lobed leaves on white paper.

Tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a young boy in a blue suit with a ruffled collar, holding a pistol, walking across a green hillside.

Portrait of Edward Musser

Jacob Maentel, 1820

Watercolor of two purple iris flowers with green leaves and a small closed bud on a pale background.

Iris (Iris species)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1939

Watercolor botanical study of Wood Merrybells with drooping yellow flowers and green clasping leaves on a cream background.

Wood Merrybells (Uvularia perfoliata)

Mary Vaux Walcott

Watercolor of two stems of red-pink penstemon flowers with buds and narrow green leaves on a cream background.

Parry's Penstemon (Penstemon parryi)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Portrait of Elizabeth Sweitzer Musser

Jacob Maentel, 1820

Watercolor of a yellow wake-robin trillium with three mottled green leaves on a single upright stem against a pale background

Wake-Robin (Trillium underwoodii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1937

Watercolor of a branch with white blossoms, pink buds and serrated green leaves on a pale background.

Red Chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of an ocotillo branch with red tubular flowers, yellow stamens, buds and green leaves on a pale background.

Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920