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Watercolor of three stems of rose paintbrush flowers with pink bracts and narrow green leaves on a cream background.

Rose Paintbrush (Castilleja pallida)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of pink meadow fleabane flowers with yellow centers and green leaves on tall, hairy stems.

Meadow Fleabane (Erigeron speciosus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor botanical study of pale pink ghostpipe flowers and slender stems on a cream background.

Ghostpipe (Thalesia uniflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of cut leaf fleabane plant with slender stems and yellow-centered flower heads against a cream background.

Cut Leaf Fleabane (Erigeron compositus nudus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a dogwood branch with clusters of red berries and leaves shaded from green to russet on a pale background.

Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a branching stem with tubular purple penstemon flowers, green leaves and buds on a pale background.

Purple Pentstemon (Pentstemon lyallii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a pink-flowered lambkill shrub with narrow green leaves on two branches against a pale background.

Lambkill (Kalmia angustifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a deerberry branch with clusters of small white bell-shaped flowers and elongated green leaves.

Deerberry (Polycodium stamineum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Oval miniature portrait of a man with curly dark hair in a dark coat and white cravat, in a gold frame.

George Washington Rodgers

George Washington Rodgers, 1820

Watercolor of two sprigs of pink heather with green needle-like leaves and clusters of bell-shaped pink flowers on a pale bac

Pink Heather (Phyllodoce empetriformis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor botanical study of a partridgeberry sprig with small green leaves, white pink-tinged flowers and one brown berry.

Partridgeberry (Mitchella repena)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a white-flowered Northern Bedstraw stem with whorled green leaves on a cream background.

Northern Bedstraw (Galium boreale)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a lodgepole pine branch with green yellow-tipped needles and clustered reddish-brown cones on a pale background

Lodgepole Pine (Pinus Contorta murrayana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of Canada wild ginger with heart-shaped green leaves and two dark maroon flowers on hairy stems.

Canada Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of blue beard-tongue stems with tubular blue and lavender flowers and green leaves on cream paper.

Blue Beard-Tongue (Pentstemon)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of an octagonal log block house with a shingled roof on a grassy hill, with evergreens and mountains behind.

Russian Block House, Alaska, 1900

Theodore J. Richardson, 1900

Watercolor of a California fuchsia stem with red tubular flowers, buds, and narrow green leaves on a beige background.

California Fuschia (Zauschneria californica)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of white Dutchman's breeches flowers with yellow tips on slender stems above delicate green fern-like leaves.

Dutchman's Breetches (Bikukulla cucullaria)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Oval miniature portrait of a young man with curly brown hair, white cravat and dark coat, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman with Initials G. D.

Raphaelle Peale, 1800

Watercolor of slender cotton-grass stems with five fluffy white seed heads on a cream background.

Slender Cotton-Grass (Eriophorum chamissonis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor wall design with a paneled door, allegorical panel of a seated woman and kneeling worker titled Arbitration.

Arbitration

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Oval miniature portrait of a man with powdered grey hair, blue coat, yellow waistcoat and white cravat.

Portrait of a Gentleman

James Peale, 1780

Watercolor of purple Virginia spiderwort flowers and buds among long green leaves on a pale background.

Virginia Spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of two violet-blue butterwort flowers on tall stems rising from a green leaf rosette on a cream background.

Purple Butterwort (Pinguicula elatior)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a pink fumeroot plant with red tubular flowers tipped in yellow and delicate divided green leaves.

Pink Fumeroot (Capnoides sempervirens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of blue and lavender phlox flowers on slender green stems with narrow leaves, against a pale background.

Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a witch hazel branch with spidery yellow flowers, small blossoms, brown seed capsules and bare twigs on pale pa

Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor botanical study of a nodding campion stem with three drooping seed capsules and narrow green leaves on pale paper.

Nodding Campion (Lychnis apetala)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a spiny cactus with a bright pink flower blooming from its top against a pale background.

Cucumber Cactus

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor botanical study of a broomrape plant with clustered yellow flowers and brown scaly stems on a cream background.

Broomrape (Orobanche fasciculata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930