Name/Title
PLANT JOURNALEntry/Object ID
MP.2007.81Description
Journal of plants with marblelized paper covers and leather spine and page corners belonging to Thomas Pennant Barton; detailed handwritten (in ink and pencil) entries and lists on inside covers and almost all of the pages; inside cover has list beginning "New plants (underscored), families not known;" most pages lined in pencil; first page begins "1. Ranunculacea (underscored);" penultimate page has entry "Dead Plants to be replaced (underscored" in ink and pencil; final page and back cover has entries in pencil, with text beginning, "John Feast Florist" in upper left corner; middle section begins with "24" and mentions "Mr (sic) Judson," "Ram," "Diving pipe. 40 ft. long" and prices "$10," "$25," "$30;" inside back cover has figures in pencil in upper left corner and diagram with partially drawn curved area around a rectangular shaped area with numbered plots, two irregularly circled sections with numbers and a long rectangular shape, divided by a straight line with a wavy line running through it; entries numbered or lettered, underscored, with heights recorded.Dimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
9-1/8 inWidth
7-1/8 inDepth
1-1/4 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 9 1/8 x 7 1/8 x 1 1/4 in. (23.2 x 18.1 x 3.2 cm)Material
Paper (wove), Cardboard, Leather, ink, PencilCondition
Notes
Remarks: Cover faded; spine chipped, torn, peeling, bottom completely worn away with inner part exposed; edges are worn away all round; interior stained and foxed but legible; back cover scratched down right side; surface dirt.General Notes
Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 29ANote Type
DepartmentNote
Curatorial