Diorama of the Illinois Woodland with plant and flower reproductions by Field Museum staff Emil Sella and Milton Copulos. Background painting by FM staff artist Arthur Rueckert. Originally installed in the Hall of Plant Life in 1939.
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Rainforest in Costa Rica. Credit Information:
Espelitas Paramo in High Andes, Colombia. Painting by Arthur G. Rueckert. Credit Information:
Wholesale Vegetable Market, 1939. Painting by Julius Moessel. Credit Information:
Orchid, Angraecum sesquipedale model. Credit Information:
Dr. Julian A. Steyermark with Venezuelan plant. Credit Information:
Margery Carlson, Botany Research Associate (1892-1985). Credit Information:
Wielandiella plant model. Credit Information:
Media for Photo Archives Botany Gallery
Barringtonia branch and flower (East Indies). Credit Information:
Barringtonia branch and flower (East Indies). Barringtonia Speciosa. Credit Information:
Flower of Lent model (Brazil). Tibouchina granulosa. Credit Information:
Mountain Rose Bay (Tennessee). Ericaceae Rhododendron catawbiense. Credit Information:
Alpine meadow diorama, details. Credit Information:
Gourd objects from Economic Botany Collection. Credit Information:
Drawers and items stored in acid free boxes on shelves and compactor cabinets in the Economic Botany collection storage area. Credit Information:
David Henner in Stanley Field Plant Reproduction Laboratory working on model of Couroupita (Cannon Ball Tree) 1924. Credit Information:
David Henner in Stanley Field Plant Reproduction Laboratory working on model of Couroupita (Cannon Ball Tree) 1924. Credit Information:
Emil Sella, Botany preparator with Psaronius tetrastichii, fossil plant model Marattiaceae. Credit Information:
Group of children in costumes made up to look like flowers. Wildflower Preservation Society, Illinois Chapter. Credit Information:
Type specimen of plant from Herbarium Credit Information:
Ginseng, large specimen mounted in an ornate box. Credit Information:
Pitcher Plant. Nepenthes model. Credit Information:
Dr. Paul Standley standing next to the plant model of Heliconia barqueta. Credit Information:
Tulips, from Thornton's Temple of Flora. Botanical Print from rare book. Credit Information:
Portrait from Rare Book, Caroli Linnaeus. Credit Information: ID# B83186
Detail of model of water hyacinth (Florida). Eichhornia crassipies. Credit Information:
Annatto branch and flower (Amazon). Bixa orellana. Credit Information:
Bouquet of flowers in a wicker basket on a cloth covered table top. Dark ribbon around the bouquet. Central America circa 1899 Allison V. Armour Botanical Expedition ID# CSB4407
Magnificent medinilla (Medinilla magnifica) branch and flower detail. Melastome Family. Mr. Emil Sella, Curator of Botany Exhibits, prepared the plant model from a specimen obtained in the Philippines. Credit Information:
Magnificent Medinilla (Medinilla magnifica) entire branch. Melastome Family. Mr. Emil Sella, Curator of Botany Exhibits, prepared the plant model from a specimen obtained in the Philippines. Credit Information:
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