Mints and dead-nettles
The Reverend William Keble Martin spent many years of his life collecting, studying and drawing plants. This drawing is a preliminary plate for inclusion in his book The Concise British Flora in Colour published in 1965. It corresponds to plate 70 in the final work. Species depicted include: purple deadnettle (Lamium purpureum), wood sage (Teucrium scrodonia), pyramidal bugle(Ajuga pyramidalis) and bugle (Ajuga reptans). RAMM also has his herbarium collection (pressed plants).
Purchased with assistance from the Friends of RAMM.
Purchased with assistance from the Friends of RAMM.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 99/2015/14
- Collection Class
- Drawings
- Medium
- watercolour, ink and pencil on paper
- Common Name
- mints and dead-nettles
- Simple Name
- drawing
- Inscription Transcription
- 74 70; LAMIUM PURPUREUM: x8 1st position 2nd position TEUCRIUM SCORDONIA (WOOD SAGE): AJUGA PYRAMIDALIS: AJUGA REPTANS (BUGLE); [can’t read]
- Production Person Initials
- William Keble
- Production Person Surname
- Martin
- Production Year Low
- c1900
- Production Year High
- 1965
