Accession No

5474

Brief Description

botanical wall chart depicting Pollen diagram of Hoxne, by Curtis

Origin

Maker

Curtis

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

Latest Date

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 1016mm; height 1064mm

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

‘HOXNE INTERGLACIAL (HOXNIAN)’ (across top)

Description Notes

Chart showing Pollen diagram of Hoxne. Diagram is drawn in black. It is labelled across the bottom and up the right hand side. Up the right side it is labelled I, IIa, II b, IIc, IId, III or IV. Across the bottom it is labelled: ‘Betula Birch’, ‘Pinus Pine’, ‘Ulmus Elm’, ‘Quercus Oak’, ‘Tilia Lime’, ‘Alnus Alder’, ‘Picea Spruce’, ‘Carpinus Hornbeam’, ‘Abies Silver Fir’, ‘Corylus Hazel’, and ‘Hippohae Sea Buckthorn’. Labels are written in black.
Inscription across the top.

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