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This accession consists of images of cacti maintained by curator Joseph Nelson Rose. Most images were taken in Ecuador, Brazil, Argentina, the Dominican Republic, the British West Indies, and the Danish West Indies. Some images of people, buildings, and landscapes are also present. Materials are mostly glass plate negatives and nitrate negatives. There is also a small amount of black and white photographs, illustrations, sketches, and notes.

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Place

Ecuador

Brazil

Argentina

Dominican Republic

West Indies, British

Danish West Indies

Topic

Botany

Cactus

Botanists

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Extent

1.58 cu. ft. (1 document box) (3 5x8 boxes)

Date

1899-1918

Archival Repository

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Identifier

Accession 13-280

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Manuscripts

Scientific illustrations

Sketches

Black-and-white photographs

Nitrate materials

Glass negatives

Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 13-280, United States National Museum. Division of Plants, Curatorial Records

Genre/Form

Manuscripts

Scientific illustrations

Sketches

Black-and-white photographs

Nitrate materials

Glass negatives

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Accession 13-280

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Plate XVIII Film 9, A group of very spiny opuntias, Huigra, 186, October 22, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Cereus jamacaru, Toca da Onca, Bahia, June 29, 1915 (4" x 6" negative)

Solanum, west of Machado Portella, Bahia, Brazil, 19976, June 22, 1915 (4" x 6" negative)

Caesalpinia (?), base of Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 20257, July 16, 1915 (4" x 6" negative)

Cereus, Urca Mountain, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 12, 1915 (4" x 6" negative)

Tree, east of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil, 19749, June 4, 1915 (4" x 6" negative)

Hylocereus, Basse Terre, Saint Kitts, British West Indies, February 2, 1913 4" x 6" negative)

Plate VIII Film 6, Landscape to north, overlooking the Canar valley showing cordilleras and paramos, Canar in distance, series of mountains, a round mound mountain, church, 74 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XXII Film 8, An effort to take Mount Chimborazo, far in the distance, 232 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XXV Film 1, A new plant near Duran, 257, November 7, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Opuntia aoracantha Lem., Puntilla, Mendoza, Argentina, 21014, September 3, 1915 (4" x 6" negative)

Forest, Toca da Onca, Bahia, Brazil, June 27, 1915 (4" x 6" negative)

Plate III Film 8, Asparagus plant climbing over chamburo tree in front of H. Hotel, Huigra, 24, August 21, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Cereus lepidorus, Antigua, British West Indies, February 13, 1913 (5" x 7" negative)

Plate XV Film 10, Landscape, deep valley, flat topped mount, 154, October 5, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XIV Film 7, Old man cactus, 139 (4" x 5" negative)

10.5 Cacti (unspecified) (4" x 5" negative)

Plate IV Film 5, Small avocado tree on Dr. Naranjo's land near mira flores bridge, Ambato, 33, August 24, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate VI Film 5, Rathbunia flower at Sibambe, red flower, 50, August 29, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Phyllacactus ackermani (2 illustrations)

Plate XX Film 10, A man making mats, in open mart, Quito, 211, October 28, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Copies of plates in Bluhende Kakteen, 1916 (5" x 7" negative)

Plate XVIII Film 8, A cactus group, of very spiny cacti, Huigra, 185, October 22, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Rhipsalis penduliflora, plate 27b (5" x 7" negative)