Description: A page from an antique scrapbook with color flowers lithograph print pasted on one side, and 2 other clippings on the other side. The scrapbook page is 8 1/2" x 11 1/4" -------- " Brodiaea Laxa and Brodiaea Coccinea " " Litho. by H. M. Wall , Brooklyn NY " Although not dated, this color lithograph plate was probably clipped from a seed / nursery catalog printed in the late 1890s. Lithographer H. M. Wall produced a series of chromolithograph flower prints in the 1890s. " Brodiaea ", also known by the common name cluster-lilies , is a genus of flowering plants. 1. Tritelia laxa ( formerly Brodiaea laxa ) is a herbaceous perennial grown from bulbs or tubers. The plant is native to Northern California , where it is a considered a common wildflower , and can often be found in heavy soils, open forests, mixed conifer or foothill woodlands, and grasslands on clay soils. Its common names include Brodiaea , Grass Nut , Ithuriel's Spear , Long Rayed Triteleia , Pretty Face , Triplet Lily , Wild Hyacinth . 2. Brodiaea laxa coccinea ( also known as Dichelostemma ida-maia ), " Firecracker Brodiaea " is a California native wildflower with unusual showy crimson tubular flowers with green reflexed tips. It is pollinated by hummingbirds and also butterflies find it attractive. In nature it is found at the edge of woods in areas of partial sunlight. Highly prized as a cut flower. -------- On the other side of the scrapbook page are two old clippings : 1. " We Are But Children ", an illustration of boys and girls singing , the older of them holding song books. 2. " Fourth of July Pyrotechnics at the Washington Monument " , a United States Independence Day celebration of erupting fireworks at the base of the Washington Monument in Washington D.C., in the late 1800s. --------- Carefully packed for shipment to the buyer.
Price: 13.5 USD
Location: Coventry, Rhode Island
End Time: 2024-10-10T14:11:35.000Z
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Fourth of July Pyrotechnics Washington Monument: United States Independence Day fireworks 1800s
Image Orientation: Portrait
Size: Small
Period: Victorian (1830-1900)
Title: Brodiaea
Material: Paper
Item Length: 8 in
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Framing: Unframed
Subject: Flowers
Type: Print
Item Height: 11 in
Theme: Art
Style: Realism
Children singing: song books
Production Technique: Lithography
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Botanical Print Flowering Plants Wild Hyacinth: California Wildflower Tritelia laxa Brodiaea Lily
Time Period Produced: 1850-1899
Brodiaea laxa coccinea Dichelostemma ida-maia: Firecracker Brodiaea California native wildflower
