Format
airbrush, colored pencil, pen and ink on cream boardDigitization Status
DigitizedReproduction:
OriginalDimensions
71.3 cm W x 56 cm H (Item)
Extent
1 sheetDescription
Part of a series of numbered illustrations about the stages of pond growth. This material includes an aerial view of a pond with trees and hills in background, and a cross-section view of five types of submerged aquatic plants attached to pond bottom.
Header: SUBMERGED PLANT STAGE / PLANTS ATTACHED TO BOTTOM / only their flowers reach the surface
Drawings and text from top to bottom, left to right:
- pond and surrounding landscape
- cross-section:
- WATER WEED--Elodea canadensis
- EEL GRASS--Vallisneria spiralis
- PONDWEED--Potamogeton crispus
- HORNWORT--Ceratophyllum demersum
- WATER MILFOIL--Myriophyllum spicatum