Accession No

4650

Brief Description

Botanical wallchart, depicting germination and growth of the seed of Phoenix.

Origin

Cambridge

Maker

Shrubbs, Arthur

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1870

Latest Date

1922

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

height 913mm; breadth 683mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

Transferred from the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge.

Inscription

‘Phoenix’ (bottom)

Description Notes

Black line drawing, with some shading, showing 7 diagrams of the germinating seed of Phoenix. No labels.
On left are three cross-sections of the seed, with the root growing out. In the centre, running the full height of the chart, is the most developed stage, with a shoot, as well as a long root. Top right is a cross-section of the seed just about to start germinating. In the middle right are two circular cross-sections (?) with a snake-like coil inside.
Similar style to item 4648, and apparently a continuation of 4649.
Title is at bottom centre.
Ref number in bottom right.

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