Accession No

5465

Brief Description

botanical wall chart, depicting Upper Fresh Water Bed, C.F.B. series, by Curtis

Origin

Maker

Curtis

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

Latest Date

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 1620mm; height 821mm

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

‘UPPER FRESH WATER BED; C.F.B. SERIES’ (below diagram)

Description Notes

Diagram depicting Upper fresh water bed; C.F.B. Series. Diagram is drawn, not coloured. It is labelled on three sides. On the left it is labelled ‘ 150 cm.’. On the right it is labelled by zone: a1, a2, b1, and b2. Along the bottom the chart is labelled: ‘AP/NAP’, ‘Betula’, ‘Pinus’, ‘Picea’, ‘Ulmus’, ‘Quercus’, ‘Tilia’, ‘Alnus’, and ‘Corylus’.
Inscription stencilled below chart.

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