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Physical Exhibitions

These exhibits highlight the rare books and manuscript collections held by Special Collections. They focus on agriculture and natural history and on individuals and organizations that made significant contributions to those fields. The current exhibits are located on the first floor of the National Agricultural Library.

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Lily of the Valley

Description: Convallaria majalis

Creators: John Augustine Waller

Date: 1822

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Magnolia flore albo, folio majore acuminato haud albicante; Formica villosa coccinea: The Velvet Ant

Description: Magnolia grandiflora

Creators: Mark Catesby

Date: 1731-1743

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Magnolia, amplissimo flore albo, fructu coccineo: The Umbrella Tree

Description: Magnolia grandiflora

Creators: Mark Catesby

Date: 1731-1743

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Magnolia altissima, flore ingenti candido: The Laurel Tree of Carolina

Description: Magnolia grandiflora

Creators: Mark Catesby

Date: 1731-1743

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Orchid

Description: Tuberogastris, Limodorum tuberculosum

Creators: Aubert Aubert Du Petit-Thouars

Date: 1822

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Orchid

Description: Aiolographis, Limodorum scriptum

Creators: Aubert Aubert Du Petit-Thouars

Date: 1822

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Aegyptian Lotus

Description: Nymphaea Lotus

Creators: Richard Duppa

Date: 1813

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Tamara of India

Description: Cyamus Nelumbo

Creators: Richard Duppa

Date: 1813

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Emergence

Description: Orchid

Date: 2008

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Iris Vulgaris Germanica

Description: Iridaceae

Creators: John Edwards

Date: 1775

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Fiddlehead

Description: Fern

Date: 2008

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Iris sibirica and Iris orientalis

Description: Iridaceae

Creators: William Rickatson Dykes

Date: 1913

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Fern

Description: Trichomanes lucens

Creators: Sir William Jackson Hooker

Date: 1831

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The Lady's Slipper

Description: Orchid

Date: 2006

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Iris

Description: Iridaceae

Creators: Filippo Arena

Date: 1767-1768

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