Accession No

5157

Brief Description

botanical teaching diagram depicting Rubus Ideus, by George Henslow, English, mid-19th Century to early 20th Century

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Henslow, George

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1925

Inscription Date

Material

paper; cloth

Dimensions

breadth 748mm; height 578mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

Transferred from the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, in 06/2008. On loan from the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, from 01/1994.

Inscription

Rubus Idaeus

Description Notes

Rubus ideus. maker G. Henslow

Colour printed botanical teaching diagram of Rubus Ideus, the common raspberry. The wallchart depicts 12 separate diagrams of parts of the raspberry and its bush and are numbered using the letters a - l (omitting j). a and a1 are the larger central diagrams depicting the plant as a whole with a1 showing the root. Figures b and c depict the flower with sepals, carpel and stamen, c being a cross section of b. Figure d is a close up of a single carpel. Figures e, f, g and h show the anatomy of the fruit with e showing a single whole raspberry and f showing a vertical cross section through it. Figures g and h show a single lobe of the fruit and a cross section across it revealing the seed inside. Figures i, k and l show cross sections through this seed.

A piece in the bottom right hand corner has been torn off of the chart and there is a long rip running from the centre of the bottom edge for 160mm.

Good/fair condition.

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