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ID number:  WBHERB.COLL.1
Institution:  Winterbourne House and Garden
Named collection:  Winterbourne Herbarium Archive
Title / Object name:  The Dry Garden' scrapbook of pressed plant specimens
Object type:  Scrapbook
Date made:  1860-1880
Materials:  Paper; Organic material;

The Dry Garden' scrapbook containing pressed plant specimens. Collector unknown. Book specially prepared for preservation of plant specimens. Hardback book with leather cover. May have been transferred from Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry to University of Birmingham Herbarium.
Note: pages may have been treated with mercuric chloride. Handling restrictions and precautions must be observed.

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