Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 7500.21
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Nationality: United States
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Title: "The common guava of the tropics (Psidium guajava), an American plant which has become naturalized in southern Asia and elsewhere"
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Psidium guajava L., Myrtaceae
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Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 16.5
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Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 35 (p. 273).
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Accession Number: 7500.22
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Nationality: United States
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Title: "The strawberry guava (Psidium cattleianum), a hardier species than the common guava"
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Psidium cattleianum Sabine, Myrtaceae
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Dimensions (cm): 19 x 15.5
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Signature: R. E. Gamble (b.c.)
Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 36 (p. 280).
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Accession Number: 7500.23
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Nationality: United States
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Title: "The pitanga (Eugenia uniflora), an excellent fruit from Brazil which should be more extensively cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions"
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Eugenia uniflora L., Myrtaceae
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Dimensions (cm): 15 x 22.5
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Signature: R. E. Gamble (c.r.)
Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 37 (p. 287).
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Accession Number: 7500.24
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Nationality: United States
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Title: "Foliage, flowers, and fruits of the feijoa (Feijoa sellowiana)"
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Feijoa sellowiana Berg, Myrtaceae
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Dimensions (cm): 30 x 18.5
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Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 38 (p. 293).
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Accession Number: 7500.25
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Nationality: United States
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Title: "The grumichama (Eugenia dombeyi), a little-known fruit from southeastern Brazil"
Taxon:
Eugenia dombeyi Skeels, Myrtaceae
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Dimensions (cm): 18.5 x 17.5
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Signature: R. E. Gamble (b.c.)
Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 39 (p. 303).
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Accession Number: 7500.26
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Nationality: United States
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Title: "Fruits of a good variety of the litchi"
Taxon:
Litchi chinensis Sonn, Sapindaceae
Description: fruits and cross-section
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Dimensions (cm): 15 x 13.5
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Signature: R. E. Gamble (t.l.)
Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 42 (p. 313).
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Accession Number: 7500.27
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Nationality: United States
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Title: "The pulasan (Nephelium mutabile), a relative of the litchi which is cultivated in the Malayan Archipelago"
Taxon:
Nephelium mutabile Bl., Sapindaceae
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Dimensions (cm): 11 x 15
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Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 43 (p. 330).
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Accession Number: 7500.28
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Nationality: United States
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Title: "The sapote (Calocarpum mammosum)"
Taxon:
Calocarpum mammosum Pierre, Sapotaceae
Description: cut fruit on plate
Medium: ink
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Dimensions (cm): 12.5 x 18
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Signature: R. E. Gamble (b.c.)
Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 44 (p. 340).
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Accession Number: 7500.29
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Nationality: United States
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Title: "The star-apple (Chrysophyllum cainito), a popular fruit in Cuba"
Taxon:
Chrysophyllum cainito L., Sapotaceae
Description: fruit and section
Medium: ink
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Dimensions (cm): 14 x 15
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Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 45 (p. 345).
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Accession Number: 7500.30
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Nationality: United States
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Title: "The Fuyugaki kaki"
Taxon:
Diospyros kaki L.f., Ebenaceae
Description: fruit
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Dimensions (cm): 11 x 13.5
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Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 47 (p. 367).
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Notes: See also accession no. 7501.40.
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Accession Number: 7500.31
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Nationality: United States
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Title: "The Hachiya kaki"
Taxon:
Diospyros kaki L.f., Ebenaceae
Description: fruit
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Dimensions (cm): 13.5 x 10
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Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 48 (p. 368).
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Notes: See also accession no. 7501.40.
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Accession Number: 7500.32
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Nationality: United States
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Title: "The Tanenashi kaki, one of the principal varieties used in Japan for the production of dried kakis, and now grown commercially in the United States"
Taxon:
Diospyros kaki L.f., Ebenaceae
Description: fruit
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Dimensions (cm): 13 x 12
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Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 49 (p. 368).
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Accession Number: 7500.33
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Nationality: United States
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Title: "The breadfruit (Artocarpus communis) is one of the staple foodstuffs of the Polynesians"
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Artocarpus communis Forst, Moraceae
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Dimensions (cm): 20.5 x 26
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Signature: R. E. Gamble (b.l.)
Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 52 (p. 407).
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Accession Number: 7500.34
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Nationality: United States
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Title: "The breadfruit, showing its internal structure"
Taxon:
Artocarpus communis Forst, Moraceae
Description: section of fruit
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Dimensions (cm): 21 x 15
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Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 53 (p. 408).
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Accession Number: 7500.35
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Nationality: United States
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Title: "A flowering and fruiting branch of carambola (Averrhoa carambola), an Asiatic fruit sometimes cultivated in tropical America"
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Averrhoa carambola L., Oxalidaceae
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Dimensions (cm): 21 x 17
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Signature: R. E. Gamble (b.c.)
Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 55 (p. 429).
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Accession Number: 7500.36
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Nationality: United States
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Title: "The ramontchi (Flacourtia ramontchi), often called governor's-plum, comes from Madagascar"
Taxon:
Flacourtia ramontchi L' Hérit., Flacourtiaceae
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Dimensions (cm): 13 x 20.5
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Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 58 (p. 440).
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Accession Number: 7500.37
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Nationality: United States
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Title: "The white sapote (Casimiroa edulis), a common fruit of the Mexican and Central American highlands, is now grown in California and Florida"
Taxon:
Casimiroa edulis La Llave, Rutaceae
Description: also section of fruit
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Dimensions (cm): 23 x 16.5
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Signature: R. E. Gamble (l.c.)
Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 60 (p. 445).
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Accession Number: 7500.38
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Nationality: United States
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Title: "The pitaya (Hylocereus undatus) is widely cultivated in the American tropics"
Taxon:
Hylocereus undatus, Cactaceae
Description: fruit and section
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Dimensions (cm): 20.5 x 20
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Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 61 (p. 451).
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Accession Number: 7500.39
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Title: "The tree-tomato (Cyphomandra betacea), a fuit produced by a half-woody shrub from South America, closely resembles the tomato in character, and is useful in the same ways as the latter"
Taxon:
Cyphomandrda betacea Sendt., Solanaceae
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Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 62 (p. 453).
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Accession Number: 7500.40
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Nationality: United States
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Title: "Shield-budding the mango"
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Description: grafting
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Dimensions (cm): 18.5 x 11.5
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Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 11 (p. 113).
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Accession Number: 7500.41
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Nationality: United States
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Title: "Shield-budding the avocado"
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Description: grafting
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Dimensions (cm): 22.5 x 15
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Published: not "Fig 6" as indicated, unsigned near copy of Fig. 3 (p. 44), in Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920.
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Accession Number: 7500.42
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Description: grafting
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Published: appears to have been made for but not used in Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920.
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Accession Number: 7501.01
Artist Name: Unknown
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Title: "[Avocado] Hass"
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Persea, Lauraceae
Description: fruit and section
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Dimensions (cm): 15 x 15
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Notes: Attributed to WNE.
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Accession Number: 7501.02
Artist Name: Unknown
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Title: "[Avocado] Booth 8"
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Persea, Lauraceae
Description: fruit and section
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Dimensions (cm): 15 x 15.5
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Signature: WNE (b.r.)
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Accession Number: 7501.03
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Title: "[Avocado] Taylor"
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Persea, Lauraceae
Description: fruit and section
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Dimensions (cm): 15.5 x 15.5
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