Accession No

5158

Brief Description

botanical teaching diagram depicting Rosa canina, 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 803mm; height 554mm

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

Rosa canina

Description Notes

Rosa canina. Maker G. Henslow

Colour printed botanical teaching diagram of Rosa canina, the dog rose. The wall chart consists of 7 separate diagrams annotated a - g. Figure a, the central diagram, shows the whole dog rose plant whilst b shows a close up of a flowering branch. Figure c shows a rose bud prior to full bloom and d shows a cross section through a flower which has finished blooming and the petals have fallen off. Figure e shows the stigma in isolation and f a cross section through this. The final figure shows the developing seed pod.

The paper has ripped in several places along the edge.

Good/fair condition.

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