Cross Pollination: Botanical Illustrations

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Propagating Knowledge A Closer Look Examine the plant in the black and white image. What parts do you see? Why would the artist include the parts he did? Describe the leaves and flowers. What shapes do you see? What textures do you notice? If you were going to finish the image, what colors would you use? Have you ever seen a plant like this? Where was it? Notice any text on the image; what clues does the text give you about this plant? What do you think the purpose of this illustration was?

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