Fragments de Vegetaux Etrangers (fragments of foreign plants, wood, bark)
Information
Title
Fragments de Vegetaux Etrangers (fragments of foreign plants, wood, bark)
Record type
Drawings
Original Reference
A/RV/V2/50
Author or creator
unsigned
Date
c.1800
Scope & content
Watercolour of six fragments of wood, bark etc from 'foreign' plants. Fragments of foreign plants / 1. bamboo, seen from two sides / 2. Wood of Ivy, with bark / 3. [ivy] leaf / 4. Acron / 5. Chamaerops excelsa, is copied from pieces at the Ecole Centrale of the Departement de la Lys, Bruges. Chamaerops excelsa is a synonym, the current botanical name is Trachycarpus fortunei, the English vernacular name is Trachycarpus fortunei Trachycarpus fortunei. / 6. Stem from the Yucca gloriosa from the greenhouse of Mr. Dameriu of Bruges.' The English vernacular name for Yucca gloriosa is Spanish dagger.