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Reference (shelfmark):: NHD56/20
Title:: White rose. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:: White rose Rosa L,; Rosaceae family Original inscriptions: 金纓 (front lower right in ink); Kum-ying-fa- (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink); Rosa sp. (both front and reverse lower right in pencil) Flowering branch of a white rose plant. Brown...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Chinese and English
Date Range:: c 1800
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: NHD56/21
Title:: Illustration of an unidentified lilac flower plant. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:: Illustration of an unidentified lilac flower plant Solanaceae family Original inscriptions: 毛茄 (front lower right in ink); Mou-Kew (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink) Reddish-yellow erect, hairy twig, with numerous opposute and clustered, el...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Chinese and English
Date Range:: c 1800
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: NHD56/22
Title:: Japanese Oak. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:: Japanese Oak Lithocarpus glaber (Thunb.) Nakai; Fagaceae family Original inscriptions: 柯 (front lower left in ink) Flowering branch of a tanoak tree. Light green, nodose branch, with alternate leaves. Leaf blade obovate-elliptic, with entire margins, thick yellow abxial vein. Dense, erect, wh...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Chinese and English
Date Range:: c 1800
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: NHD56/23
Title:: Flat peach. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:: Flat peach Prunis persica (L.) Batsch; Rosaceae family Original inscriptions: 扁桃 (front lower right in ink); 扁桃 Pin-tow (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink); Amygdalus persica, compressa flat peach (front lower right in pencil) Reddish, rough...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Chinese and English
Date Range:: c 1800
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: NHD56/24
Title:: Yulan Magnolia. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:: Yulan Magnolia Magnolia denudata Desr.; Magnoliaceae family Original inscriptions: 玉蘭 (front lower left in ink); 二月開 (reverse lower left in ink); Youe-lan (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink); Magnolia yulan (front lower right in pencil) Flow...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Chinese and English
Date Range:: c 1800
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: NHD56/25
Title:: Lily. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:: Lily Lilium japonicum Thunb. ex Houtt.; Liliaceae family Original inscriptions: 百合 (front lower left in ink); Pă-hiep (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink) Flowering twig of a white lily, with lanceolate green leaves, arranged alternate spiral...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Chinese and English
Date Range:: c 1800
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: NHD56/26
Title:: Illustration of an unidentified Annonaceae plant. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:: Illustration of an unidentified Annonaceae plant Annonaceae family Original inscriptions: 細挪 (front lower left in ink); Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink); Annona sp. (front lower right in pencil) Erect woody twig, lower half brown-blueish, upper half light green. Altern...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Chinese and English
Date Range:: c 1800
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: NHD56/27
Title:: Multiflora Rose. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:: Multiflora Rose Rosamultiflora Thunb.; Rosaceae family Original inscriptions: 蔷薇 (front lower left in ink); 四月開 (reverse lower left in ink); Tcheung-mei (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink); Rosa sp. (front lower right in pencil) Light green,...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Chinese and English
Date Range:: c 1800
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: NHD56/28
Title:: Wampee. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:: Wampee Clausena lansium (Lour.) Skeel; Rutaceae family Original inscriptions: 黄皮 (front lower left in ink); Wong-pei (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink); Quinaria Lansum, wampee (front lower right in pencil) Woody, rugose brown-blueish branc...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Chinese and English
Date Range:: c 1800
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: NHD56/29
Title:: Shell ginger. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:: Shell ginger Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm.; Zingiberaceae Original inscriptions: Ngat-shen (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink); Renealmia nutans (front lower right in pencil) One stem is brown with a small brown leaf. Cent...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Chinese and English
Date Range:: c 1800
Extent:: 1 Item

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