Mary Vaux Walcott was the wife of the then-director of the Smithsonian Institution, Charles D. Walcott. During the first three decades of the 20th century she made over 400 paintings of North American Plants...I have scanned a third of these (the medicinal ones) and, with the aid of my 604e (now G4) Mac and trusty Photoshop, have wiped away the years and the faded paper. These are elegant, indeed. The file names of some have been changed to protect the botanists...the original taxonomy has been retained on the illustration.
Thumbnail Index #2.html - 112K Chimaphila umbellata to Geum triflorum
Thumbnail Index #3.html - 116K Gillenia to Oplopanax
Thumbnail Index #4.html - 108K Orobanche to Sambucus racemosa
Thumbnail Index #5.html - 100K Sanguinaria to Viburnum edule
Achillea lanulosa.jpg 56K Yarrow
Actaea rubra #4.jpg 54K "Actaea arguta", Western Baneberry (showing white-berried variety)
Aesculus pavia.jpg 78K Red Buckeye
Allium cernuum.jpg 28K Wild Onion
Allium schoenoprasum.jpg 28K Wild Chives
Amelanchier alnifolia #3.jpg 50K Serviceberry
Anaphalis margaritacea #3.jpg 42K Pearly Everlasting
Anemone deltoidea.jpg 35K Columbia Windflower
Anemone globosa.jpg 59K Globose Anemone
Anemone occidentalis #3.jpg 62K "Pulsatilla occidentalis", Western Pasqueflower (in flower)
Anemone occidentalis #4.jpg 51K "Pulsatilla occidentalis", Western Pasqueflower (in seed)
Antennaria howellii.jpg 25K Howell's Everlasting
Antennaria rosea.jpg 29K Pink Everlasting
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi #4.jpg 105K Uva Ursi or Bearberry (flowering and berrying plants)
Arisaema dracontium.jpg 65K Green Dragon
Arisaema triphyllum #2.jpg 55K Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Indian Turnip
Arnica angustifolia.jpg 37K Woolly Arnica
Asarum canadense #2.jpg 47K Wild Ginger
Balsamorhiza sagittata.jpg 69K Balsam Root
Bignonia capreolata.jpg 76K Crossvine
Caltha leptosepala #2.jpg 45K White Marsh Marigold
Caltha palustris.jpg 58K Marsh Marigold, Cowslip
Camassia quamash #3.jpg 38K Camass Lily
Campsis radicans.jpg 53K Trumpet Vine, Trumpet Creeper
Cassia fasciculata.jpg 68K Partridge Pea
Centaurium venustum.jpg 42K Pink Centaury
Chelone glabra.jpg 58K Turtlehead, Balmony
Chimaphila umbellata #4.jpg 46K Pipsissewa
Chionanthus virginiana.jpg 67K Fringetree
Cirsium undulatum.jpg 39K Prairie Thistle
Clematis columbiana #1.jpg 45K Western Virgin's Bower (flowering vine)
Clematis columbiana #2.jpg 62K Western Virgin's Bower (pluming vine)
Clematis viorna.jpg 56K Leather Flower
Conopholis americana.jpg 32K Squaw Root
Cornus stolonifera #3.jpg 51K Red Osier
Corydalis sempervirens.jpg 56K Pale Corydalis
Cypripedium acaule #2.jpg 51K Pink Lady Slipper
Cypripedium arietinum.jpg 46K Ram's Head Lady Slipper
Cypripedium calceolus #3.jpg 54K Yellow Lady Slipper
Cypripedium montanum #2.jpg 64K Mountain Lady Slipper
Cypripedium reginae #2.jpg 64K Showy Lady Slipper
Darlingtonia californica.jpg 68K California Pitcher Plant, Cobra Plant
Delphinium elongatum.jpg 68K Tall Larkspur
Dicentra canadensis.jpg 73K Turkey Corn
Dionaea muscipula.jpg 43K Venus' Flytrap
Eupatorium purpureum.jpg 56K Gravel Root, Joe Pye Weed
Fragaria glauca.jpg 63K Pale Strawberry
Galium borealis #2.jpg 36K Northern Bedstraw
Gaylussacia brachycera.jpg 46K Box Huckleberry
Gelsemium sempervirens.jpg 77K Yellow Jasmine, Gelsemium, Carolina Jessamine
Gentiana affinis.jpg 44K Prairie or Pleated Gentian
Gentiana calycosa #2.jpg 66K Explorer's or Ruff Gentian
Gentiana (Gentianopsis) crinita.jpg 41K Fringed Gentian
Gentianella (Gentian) amarella.jpg 36K Felwort
Geranium maculatum.jpg 57K Cranesbill, Wild Geranium
Geranium viscosissimum.jpg 65K Sticky Geranium, Western Cranesbill
Geum triflorum.jpg 59K "Sieversia triflora", Prairie Smoke
Gillenia trifoliata #3.jpg 63K Bowman's Root, Indian Physic
Hamamelis virginiana.jpg 60K Witch Hazel
Hibiscus moscheutos.jpg 65K Rose Mallow
Hypericum ascyron.jpg 60K "H. pyramidatum", Tall St. John's Wort
Ilex vomitoria.jpg 73K Yaupon
Iris versicolor #3.jpg 58K Blue Flag
Jeffersonia diphylla.jpg 84K Twinleaf
Juniperus sibirica.jpg 98K Mountain Juniper
Kalmia angustifolium #2.jpg 49K Lambkill
Kalmia latifolia.jpg 73K Mountain Laurel
Kalmia microphylla #5.jpg 74K Western Mountain Laurel
Kalmia polifolia.jpg 65K Bog Mountain Laurel
Ledum groenlandicum #2.jpg 69K Labrador Tea
Linaria vulgaris #2.jpg 54K Toadflax, Butter-and-Eggs
Lobelia cardinalis #4.jpg 85K Cardinal Flower
Lobelia kalmii #2.jpg 35K Brook Lobelia
Magnolia grandiflora.jpg 64K Southern Magnolia
Mahonia repens #2.jpg 56K Rocky Mountain or Creeping Oregon Grape, Yerba de Sangre
Menyanthes trifoliata #6.jpg 53K Buckbean, Marsh Trefoil
Mimulus cardinalis.jpg 78K Scarlet Monkey-flower
Monarda didyma #2.jpg 48K Oswego Tea, Bee Balm
Monarda punctata #2.jpg 53K Horsemint, Spotted Bee Balm
Moneses uniflora.jpg 45K One-flowered Wintergreen, Moneses
Monotropa uniflora #2.jpg 50K Indian Pipe
Oenothera biennis #2.jpg 50K Evening Primrose
Oplopanax horridum #2.jpg 71K Devil's Club
Orobanche uniflora.jpg 25K Cancer Root
Passiflora incarnata #2.jpg 78K Passion Flower
Pedicularis bracteosa #2.jpg 75K Bracted Lousewort, Red Helmet
Pedicularis contorta #2.jpg 38K Northern Betony, Alpine Fern-Leaf
Pedicularis groenlandica #3.jpg 51K Elephant Head
Penstemon eatoni.jpg 77K Fire Penstemon
Penstemon lyallii.jpg 64K Lyall's Penstemon
Petasites frigidus.jpg 55K "P. hyperboreus", Northern Coltsfoot, Butterbur
Phoradendron flavescens.jpg 117K American Mistletoe
Picea engelmannii.jpg 79K Engelmann Spruce
Pinus palustris.jpg 121K Long-Leaf Pine
Pinus taeda.jpg 124K Loblolly Pine
Potentilla diversifolia.jpg 41K Glaucous Cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa #2.jpg 54K Bush Potentilla, Shrubby Cinquefoil
Pseudotsuga menziesii.jpg 87K "P. taxifolia", Douglas Fir
Pulsatilla ludoviciana #1.jpg (Anemone patens) 96K Pasque Flower (in seed)
Pulsatilla ludoviciana #2.jpg (Anemone patens) 41K Pasque Flower (in flower)
Pyrola minor.jpg 36K Small Pyrola, Shinleaf
Pyrola secunda #2.jpg 42K Onesided Pyrola, Sidebell Pyrola
Pyrola virens.jpg 29K Green Pyrola
Rosa acicularis.jpg 78K "R. bourgeauiana", Wild Rose
Rubus odoratus.jpg 57K Raspberry
Rubus parviflorus #2.jpg 52K Thimbleberry
Rudbeckia hirta.jpg 63K Black-eyed Susan
Sabatia stellaris.jpg 53K Saltmarsh Rose Gentian
Sagittaria cuneata.jpg 106K Arrowroot
Sambucus racemosa #2.jpg 75K Red Elder
Sanguinaria canadensis #4.jpg 45K Bloodroot
Sarracenia psittacina.jpg 57K Parrot Pitcher Plant
Sarracenia purpurea.jpg 57K Pitcher Plant
Sarracenia rubra.jpg 51K Sweet Pitcher Plant
Scutellaria serrata.jpg 54K Sawtooth Skullcap
Shephardia canadensis.jpg 46K Buffalo Berry
Smilacina stellata #2.jpg 52K Starry False Solomon's Seal
Solidago canadensis #2.jpg 83K Goldenrod
Streptopus amplexifolius.jpg 48K Twisted Stalk
Symplocarpus foetida #2.jpg 53K Eastern Skunk Cabbage
Tephrosia virginiana.jpg 79K Goat's Rue
Thuja plicata #3.jpg 65K Western Red Cedar, Western Thuja
Trillium erectum #2.jpg 54K Purple Trillium
Trillium erectum #3.jpg 47K Purple Trillium (white variety)
Trillium grandiflorum #2.jpg 70K White Trillium
Trollius laxus #2.jpg 49K Western Globeflower
Tsuga mertensiana.jpg 106K Western Hemlock
Vaccinium corymbosum.jpg 68K Highbush Blueberry
Vaccinium tenellum.jpg 57K Pineland Blueberry
Vaccinium vitis-idaea.jpg 54K Mountain Cranberry, Cowberry
Valeriana sitchensis.jpg 61K Sitka or Western Valerian
Veratrum viride.jpg 115K False Hellebore
Verbena canadensis.jpg 52K (Glandularia canadensis) Rose Vervain
Viburnum edule.jpg 70K "Viburnum pauciflorum", Western Viburnum
Yucca baileyi, var. navajoa.jpg 88K Spanish Bayonet, Soaproot
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