Botanical and Cultural Images of Eastern Asia, 1907-1927

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To capture the largest number of records on the Visual Information Access database (VIA) associated with images from this project:

• Search for Eastern Asian in Anywhere and
• Limit repository to: Arnold Arboretum Horticulture Library (Jamaica Plain).

Search by photographer

You may restrict your search by using the name of the photographer:

• Search for Eastern Asian in Anywhere
• and Joseph Hers, John George Jack, Frank Nicholas Meyer, William Purdom, Joseph Rock or Ernest Henry Wilson, in Anywhere and
• Limit repository to: Arnold Arboretum Horticulture Library (Jamaica Plain).

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• Search for Eastern Asian in Anywhere
• and Agriculture in Anywhere and
• Limit repository to:Arnold Arboretum Horticulture Library (Jamaica Plain).

The following list contains examples of words that have been used to describe the contents of images in this project.

Search by plant name

Specific plants may be searched for by genus such as Abies, Lilium, Rhododendron. For example:

• Search for Eastern Asian in Anywhere
• and Abies in Anywhere and
• Limit repository to: Arnold Arboretum Horticulture Library (Jamaica Plain).

You may search for plants using broad terms such as herbaceous, conifers, deciduous, shrubs, forests, vegetables or you may also search by common name.

For example:

• Search for Eastern Asian in Anywhere
• and Alder in Anywhere and
• Limit repository to: Arnold Arboretum Horticulture Library (Jamaica Plain).

The following list contains examples of common names that have been used to identify plants in this project.

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