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Reference (shelfmark):: NHD56/30
Title:: Turmeric. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:: Turmeric Curcuma L.; Zingiberaceae family Further inscriptions: Curcuma (front lower right in pencil) Thick, smooth, green twig, with lateral narrowly elliptic leaves, dark green upperside and light green-greyish underside. Terminal cluster of flowers, numerous, long, thin, white pedicels, wi...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Chinese and English
Date Range:: c 1800
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: NHD56/31
Title:: Yellow Rose. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:: Yellow Rose Rosa L.; Rosaceae family Original inscriptions: 黄鹿春 (front lower left in ink); Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink); Rosa sp. (front lower right in pencil) Sinuous, light green-brownish branch, with numeorus triangular, purple spines, and bi-pinnate leaves. Lea...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Chinese and English
Date Range:: c 1800
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: NHD56/32
Title:: Water chestnut. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:: Water chestnut Eleocharis dulcis (Burm.f.) Trin. ex Hensch.; Cyperaceae family Original inscriptions: 马蹄 (front lower right in ink); Ma-tei (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink); Scirpus bulbosus (front lower right in pencil) Six erect, cilidr...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Chinese and English
Date Range:: c 1800
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: NHD56/33
Title:: Water Caltrop. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:: Water Caltrop Trapa natans L.; Lythraceae family Original inscriptions: 紅菱角 (front lower left in ink); Hong-lin-kōe (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink); Trapa bicornis (front lower right in pencil) Depiction of a water chestnut plant seen fr...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Chinese and English
Date Range:: c 1800
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: NHD56/34
Title:: Viburnum. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:: Viburnum Viburnum L.; Viburnaceae family Original inscriptions: 尖尾鳳 (front lower right in ink); Tchiem-mei-fung (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink); Viburnum ? (front lower right in pencil) Thick, light green-reddish brach, with opposite nar...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Chinese and English
Date Range:: c 1800
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: NHD56/35
Title:: Loquat. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:: Loquat Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl.; Rosaceae family Original inscriptions: 蘆橘 (front lower right in ink); Lōu-quat (both front and reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink); Mespilus japonica, Loũ-quāt (front lower right in pencil) Woody, t...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Chinese and English
Date Range:: c 1800
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: NHD56/36
Title:: Oriental Raisin Tree. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:: Oriental Raisin Tree Hovenia dulcis Thunb.; Rhamnaceae family Original inscriptions: 万字果 (front lower right in ink); 萬字果 (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink); Hovenia dulcis (both front and reverse lower right in pencil) Woody, brown branch...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Chinese and English
Date Range:: c 1800
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: NHD56/37
Title:: Ziziphus. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:: Ziziphus Ziziphus Mill; Rhamnaceae family Original inscriptions: 白枣 (front lower right in ink); 白枣 Pae-tsow (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink); Rhamnus (front lower right in pencil) Erect, nodose branch, with elliptic, dark green alternate ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Chinese and English
Date Range:: c 1800
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: NHD56/38
Title:: Strophantus. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:: Strophantus Strophanthus caudatus (L.)Kurz; Apocynaceae family Original inscriptions: 羊角礪 (front lower left in ink); 四月開 (reverse lower left in ink); Yeuong-koe-lai (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink); Echites caudata (front lower right in pe...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Chinese and English
Date Range:: c 1800
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: NHD56/39
Title:: Litchi. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:: Litchi Litchi chinensis Sonn.; Sapindaceae family Original inscriptions: 掛綠茘极 (front lower right in ink); Qua-loc-loi-tchi (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink); Dimocarpus litchi (front lower right in pencil) Flowering branch of a litchi plan...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Chinese and English
Date Range:: c 1800
Extent:: 1 Item

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