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Painting of a tall pine tree with spreading branches above rocky desert ground, with distant mountains and a cloudy sky.

Pine Tree

n.d Sandow, 1900

Watercolor of a spruce branch with green needles and dark purple cones on a pale background.

Picea engelmanni

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a lily twayblade orchid with broad green leaves and a spike of brownish flowers, by Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920.

Lily Twayblade (Liparis liliifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of hooded pitcherplants with tall green tubular leaves and nodding yellow flowers on a pale background.

Hooded Pitcherplant (Sarracenia minor)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a trailing Houstonia stem with small white flowers, buds, and green leaves on a pale background.

Trailing Houstonia (Houstonia procumbens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a birdsfoot violet plant with two purple flowers and deeply lobed green leaves on a cream background.

Birdsfoot Violet (Viola pedata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a Western cranesbill plant with pink flowers, lobed green leaves and buds on slender stems.

Western Cranesbill (Geranium viscosissimum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of pink hedysarum flowering stems with green pinnate leaves on a pale background.

Pink Hedysarum (Hedysarum americanum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of red cardinal flowers, grasses, red berries and a dragonfly above water.

Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1880

Watercolor of white mistmaiden flowers with green lobed leaves growing from a brown mound on cream paper.

Mistmaiden (Romanzoffia sitchensis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

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