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Lonicera involucrata (Bracted Honeysuckle/Twinberry)

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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Date
1890 – 1910
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.30
Description
The plant has large green leaves and twin black berries on small red leaflets. Also has a yellow flower viewer’s left.
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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Title
Lonicera involucrata (Bracted Honeysuckle/Twinberry)
Date
1890 – 1910
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
25.0 x 17.5 cm
Description
The plant has large green leaves and twin black berries on small red leaflets. Also has a yellow flower viewer’s left.
Subject
botanical
flower
Credit
Gift of James (Sr.) Simpson, 1968
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.30
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Rhododendron albifloriem (White-flowered Rhododendron)

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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Date
1891
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.31
Description
The plant has long narrow oblong green leaves top and bottom of the stem with small white flowers in between.
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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Title
Rhododendron albifloriem (White-flowered Rhododendron)
Date
1891
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
25.0 x 17.5 cm
Description
The plant has long narrow oblong green leaves top and bottom of the stem with small white flowers in between.
Subject
botanical
flower, rhododendron
Credit
Gift of James (Sr.) Simpson, 1968
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.31
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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Date
c. 1912
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
ScM.11.01
Description
Illustration from Alpine Flora of the Canadian Rocky Mountains.
Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Title
Alpine Flowers
Date
c. 1912
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
15.4 x 23.0 cm
Description
Illustration from Alpine Flora of the Canadian Rocky Mountains.
Subject
botanical
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ScM.11.01
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Bunchberry [Creeping Dogwood]

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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Date
1891
Medium
watercolour / gouche?; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.32
Description
Botanical painting of 3 stems of a plant. stems have green leaves and two have bunches of red berries. The uppermost stem has a white flower with four petals and purple stamen. Written below in pencil is “Bunchberry”
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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Title
Bunchberry [Creeping Dogwood]
Date
1891
Medium
watercolour / gouche?; ink on paper
Dimensions
25.0 x 16.0 cm
Description
Botanical painting of 3 stems of a plant. stems have green leaves and two have bunches of red berries. The uppermost stem has a white flower with four petals and purple stamen. Written below in pencil is “Bunchberry”
Subject
bunchberry
creeping dogwood
Cornus canadensi
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1969
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.32
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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.34
Description
A botanical illustration of a branch with short evergreen needles and small blue berries. Written on the back, faintly, in pencil is “Empetrum nigrum” [also known as crowberry]. The artist’s monogram and 7.25 is written in ink in the bottom right corner.
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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Title
[Empetrum nigrum]
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
25.0 x 17.0 cm
Description
A botanical illustration of a branch with short evergreen needles and small blue berries. Written on the back, faintly, in pencil is “Empetrum nigrum” [also known as crowberry]. The artist’s monogram and 7.25 is written in ink in the bottom right corner.
Subject
berries
botanical
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1969
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.34
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Arctostaphylos uva-ursi [Bear Berry]

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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Date
1904
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.35
Description
A stem with spoon-shaped green leaves, two bunches of round red berries, and small bunches of urn shaped white flowers with pink tips. Date and artist monogram are in the BRC. Written on verso in pencil is [alpina?] from Field. Flowers last of May. Fruit July or August + beautiful red leaves.” at t…
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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Title
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi [Bear Berry]
Date
1904
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
25.0 x 16.5 cm
Description
A stem with spoon-shaped green leaves, two bunches of round red berries, and small bunches of urn shaped white flowers with pink tips. Date and artist monogram are in the BRC. Written on verso in pencil is [alpina?] from Field. Flowers last of May. Fruit July or August + beautiful red leaves.” at the top and “arctostaphylos uva-urs: at bottom.
Subject
bearberry
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1969
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.35
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Sambucus melanocarpa [black elderberry]

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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Date
1903
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.36
Description
A woody stemmed plant with large green leaves that have raffed edges, A large bunch of purple-black berries is at the top of the stem and drooping over. Written on verso in pencil at bottom and pen at top is “Sambucus melanocarpa”. Date and artist monogram in LRC.
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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Title
Sambucus melanocarpa [black elderberry]
Date
1903
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
25.8 x 17.0 cm
Description
A woody stemmed plant with large green leaves that have raffed edges, A large bunch of purple-black berries is at the top of the stem and drooping over. Written on verso in pencil at bottom and pen at top is “Sambucus melanocarpa”. Date and artist monogram in LRC.
Subject
black elderberry
botanical
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1969
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.36
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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.37
Description
A single woody stem with large green leaves and small orange-yellow berries. Written in pencil on verso is “add red fruit rusty brown scales” at top and “ca[n?]...} at bottom centre.
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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Title
untitled
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
25.0 x 16.4 cm
Description
A single woody stem with large green leaves and small orange-yellow berries. Written in pencil on verso is “add red fruit rusty brown scales” at top and “ca[n?]...} at bottom centre.
Subject
botanical
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1969
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.37
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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.38
Description
A collage of three watercolour illustrations of a plant, cut out and glued onto a larger piece of paper. The upper illustration has a “1” and shows a low creeping bush with green leaves and pink flowers. The centre illustration has a “2” and shows a plant with woody stems, large spoon-shaped green …
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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
25.0 x 16.0 cm
Description
A collage of three watercolour illustrations of a plant, cut out and glued onto a larger piece of paper. The upper illustration has a “1” and shows a low creeping bush with green leaves and pink flowers. The centre illustration has a “2” and shows a plant with woody stems, large spoon-shaped green leaves, and round red berries. The bottom illustration has a “3” and shows wavy green leaves with pink bell shaped flowers. On verso in pen is“[...xycoccus] oxycoccus intermedius Small Cranberry”“gaultheria ovatifolia - Ovate leaved winterg[...]”“3. Vitis-Idaea Vitis-Idaea - Mountain Cranberry”
Subject
western teaberry
Oregon spicy wintergreen
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1969
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.38
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Sedum lanceolatum (Lanceleaf/Spearleaf Stonecrop)

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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Date
1885 – 1905
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.29
Description
A small painting of a plant; the brown roots have long thin tendrils; a clump of small leaves at the base; thick long stems with yellow flowers.
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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Title
Sedum lanceolatum (Lanceleaf/Spearleaf Stonecrop)
Date
1885 – 1905
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
17.5 x 12.5 cm
Description
A small painting of a plant; the brown roots have long thin tendrils; a clump of small leaves at the base; thick long stems with yellow flowers.
Subject
botanical
flower
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.29
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