ANTIQUE HERBARIUM-HANDWRITTEN ALBUM-Flowers-Plants-Pressed Dried Specimens-1905

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ANTIQUE HERBARIUM-HANDWRITTEN ALBUM-Flowers-Plants-Pressed Dried Specimens-1905:
$16.40

FANTASTIC, ORIGINAL HERBARIUM, COLLECTION OF DRIED PLANT, HERB AND FLOWER SPECIMENS FROM SAN FRANCISCO (RIGHT BEFORE THE EARTHQUAKE), YET THE MAJORITY OF FLORA AND FAUNA SPECIES COME FROM CALLAWAY COUNTY - FULTON, MISSOURI 1905-1906. This early collection is absolutely incredible for its age (110 yrs. old), and was compiled and signed by Anna Walthall. The hardcovers protect and contain 31 separate folders, each with the description of the dried plant on the front of the folder and the specimen itself affixed to the inside page with little tabs. The majority of the flowers and plants are in very good condition with approximately 2 having separated from the plant itself, and 1 empty folder, out of the 31 presented here. The Plant Description Headings cover; Date; Family; Order; Scientific and Common Name; Locality; Plant; Root; Stem; Branches; Buds; Leaves; Petiole; Stipules; Inflorescence; Flower; Calyx; Sepals; Corolla; Petals; Stamens; Filaments; Anthers; Pollen; Pistils; Ovary; Style; Stigma; Fruit; Seeds; and Remarks, with the majority of the required information all filled in. The first specimen is dated April 21, 1905, then follows April 30, 1905, just those 2 from 1905. The next specimen is dated April 5, 1906 and they are collected until the end date of May 8, 1906, approximately a little over a month in the spring of 1906 in Missouri. Within the collection 3-4 had been sent to Anna \"from Uncle Will Walthall, sent to me (Plant -Dusty Miller) just before the earthquake in San Francisco, dated April 14, 1906.\" (Please see additional images after listing.)Specimens include Trillium Gessile flowered; Psoralea; Peppergrass; House Fearn ( Anna wrote - Mrs. Traver gave this to me); White Centered Five Finger Fern, or Wood Fern from California; Smilax from San Francisco, California; Common Apple; Grove Anemony; Blue Violet; Bleeding Heart; Dog Tooth Violet; Spring Beauty - Claytonia; Wild Pansy; Sea Moss from the Atlantic Ocean. Luciel Ford presented to the Botany Class of 1906 this pretty Sea Moss; Umbrella plant from California; Dutchman\'s Breeches; Sugar Maple; Wild Crab Apple; Pumpkin; Spring Lilac; Lily of the Valley; Ohio Buckeye; Geranium; Tulip; Spider Wort; Craterville Wichita Monk; Narcissus; Strawberry; Wild Cherry; Colihium; Running Phlox, to present a beautiful herbarium that is a very worthy acquisition indeed. We did find an Anna Walthall at Synodial (Westminster) College in Fulton, Missouri in 1908, and she is quite likely our collector of this botanical album.Condition: Hard bound in a buckram cover published by Alllyn and Bacon Publishers in Boston, Massachusetts, this stunning collection is in good to very good condition, and it is just so wonderful to behold this specimens that have been preserved all these years, from a day and age long gone. The outside hardbound cover has seen better days, and has tears, shows age, soiling, the original tie strings are present but broken and retied, however, this cover has done a beautiful job of protecting these individual folders, and the plants with-in. Measures approx. 8 x 9 1/2 inches and has 31 separate folders, measuring the same size.Payment and Shipping: Please see our response and offer with confidence. Never a reserve and very low opening offer as always. buyers with no established response must contact us before offerding. Massachusetts residents must add 6.25% sales tax or include dealer tax resale number. Payment must be received within 5 days after close of sale. Thank you.