art003_b2_22

Botanical illustration, Hall of Asian Mammals

Unknown

Unknown (artist)

Watercolors

10 x 11 in

Ball this size and smaller about same coloring except sheaths vary. Some quite reddish other altogether green. Young balls attached by…the sheath turn light and yellowish. The ball also (sheath of which on 2nd day) is pale and yellowish; Ball almost ready to open; Color of stems vary in different plants. Green base turning reddish further down and finally to gray woody color at near base; Square open after being attached by...Backs of sheath vary. Show a bit of crimson or may be...light yellow green; Normal leaf

Asia

Exhibition Preparation

art_003

American Museum of Natural History Research Library

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American Museum of Natural History