Accession No

5657

Brief Description

Botanical wallchart, depicting Germination of fern-spore.

Origin

Maker

Ward, H. Marshall

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

Latest Date

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 673mm; height 952mm

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

‘BOTANY SCHOOL, CAMBRIDGE
Drawn by H. Marshall Ward (Professor of
Botany 1895-1906) and presented to the
Botany School by Mrs Marshall Ward.’ (top right)

Description Notes

Diagrams depicting Germination of fern-spore. Three diagrams, all drawn and in colour.
Inscription is printed on a label which is stuck in the top right corner.
Reference numbers in the top right and bottom right corners.
Pencil notation: ‘Top’, at the top, and ‘FERN’ in the bottom left corner.

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