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Drawings of a Lilly

Date: 
Description: Drawings of a Lilly by Increase Lapham.
Manuscript

Increase Lapham Journal Page

Date: 1828
Description: Open spread of Increase Lapham's diary.
Manuscript

Lapham Handwritten Title Page

Date: 1844
Description: Increase Lapham's handwritten title page for A Geographical and Topographical Description of Wisconsin
Manuscript

Increase Lapham Journal Page

Date: 10 1827
Description: Open spread of Increase Lapham's diary from October 6, 1827 to April 18, 1828.
Manuscript

Increase Lapham's 1870 California Diary

Date: 1870
Description: Page from a diary kept by Increase Lapham in California between April 11 and May 19, 1870. The page shows a portion of a list of minerals of California.
Manuscript

Increase Lapham Botanical Diary

Date: 1835
Description: Page from Increase Lapham's 1935 botanical diary in which he listed plants he observed in flower stage.
Manuscript

Plants Drawings

Date: 1876
Description: Four drawings showing embryonic development in plants.
Manuscript

Increase Lapham Botanical Diary

Date: 1838
Description: Page from Increase Lapham's 1838 botanical diary in which he listed plants he observed in flower stage.
Drawing

Increase Lapham Plant Drawings

Date: 1828
Description: Increase Lapham drawings of Poa pratensis, Festuca duriuscula, Lolium prenne, Alopecurus pratensis, Anthoxanthum odoratum
Drawing

Oryzopsis Asperifolia

Date: 1854
Description: Increase Lapham's drawing of Oryzopsis asperifolia or Mountain Rice (Rough-Leaved Rice Grass).
Drawing

Lapham Shell Drawings

Date: 1828
Description: Increase Lapham's drawings of Unio plicatus and Unio radiatum (?) from the Scioto River, Cypraea tigris (Tiger cowry), and an Atlantic...
Drawing

Zizania aquatica

Date: 1854
Description: Increase Lapham's drawing of Zizania aquatica. The plant's common name is Northern Wild Rice.
Manuscript

Ranunculaceae

Date: 1849
Description: Handwritten list of plants in the Ranunculaceae or crowfoot family.
Manuscript

Title Page of Lapham's A catalog of Plants Found in the Viciinity of Milwaukee, Wisconsin Territory

Date: 1838
Description: Title page of Increase Lapham's Catalog of Plants Found in the vicinity of Milwaukee, Wisconsin Territory.
Drawing

Unio mondonta

Date: 1828
Description: Increase Lapham's drawing of a Union mondonta (or Unio soleniformis) shell. There are also two views of another shell drawn below and a drawi...
Manuscript

Plants of Wisconsin Page

Date: 1845
Description: Page from Increase Lapham's 1845 list of plants of Wisconsin including Oxalidaceae, Zanthoxylaceae, and Anacardiaceae and notations of where and when indiv...
Drawing

Millet

Date: 
Description: Increase Lapham's drawing of Setaris Italica or foxtail millet and Panicum miliaceum or proso millet. There are also inset drawings of a spik...
Manuscript

Profile of a Semi-Diurnal Spring Tidal Curve

Date: 12 1860
Description: Graph showing the profile of a semi-diurnal spring tidal curve deduced from 5452 half hourly ordinates obtained from the records of self registering tide g...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Flowering Plant Table

Date: 07 22 1837
Description: Table printed in Milwaukee Advertiser indicating the time of flowering of several wild plants at Milwaukee and near the head of the Pishtaka River.

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