Water color illustrations of North American plants : manuscript, 1893-1928 / Lily Wells.

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Water color illustrations of North American plants : manuscript, 1893-1928 / Lily Wells.

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Comprises 7 sketchbooks of botanical watercolors; plus one bound volume of seven individual watercolor plates. In the sketchbooks each plant is identified; location and habitat are described and each painting is dated. Locations of plants illustrated include Philadelphia and suburbs, Shawnee and Mt. Pocono, Pa.; Camden, Williamstown, Atco, Absecon, Asbury Park, and Gloucester Co., N.J.; Westkill, Echo Notch, and Lebanon Springs, N.Y.; West Quincy, West Roxbury, Milton, and Berkshire Co., Mass.; Middletown, R.I.; Mt. Kearsarge and Shelburne, N. H.; and Kittery, Me.

8 v. : col. ill.

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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Harshberger, John W. (John William), 1869-1929

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