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Medeola virginica – Indian cucumber

Courtesy of Nova Scotia Museum | CC BY-NC-ND

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Date

1870-1875

Artist

Maria Morris (1813-1875)

Collective Title

Bound volume of watercolours paintings, maroon leather with gold leaf scrolling outline on 4 sides. Front cover inscribed: "Wild Flowers of Canada / By / Maria Morris / (The Late) / Mrs. Miller. / Vol. III." Inside front cover: " Wild Flowers of Canada /

Collection

Nova Scotia Museum

Inscription

In woods. The roots are used by the Indians as food for the consumptive. As different species of Convallaria, and plants nearly akin to it, are valued as remedies for consumption by people in very different parts of the earth, it is almost necessary to conclude that they must sometimes have been useful.

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CC BY-NC-ND

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Courtesy of Nova Scotia Museum

Location

Canada

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Flowers
Plants

Category

Glossary
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