Stuk HCO/1/4/1/1 - Variegation (Begonia, Barbarea, Hydrangea, Pelargonium)

Extent: 1 folder

Album: (41.5 x 27.3 cm), brown card cover with metal hinges, photo mount pages with a mix of watercolour paintings, black and white and hand-coloured photographs on paper and card. Pg. 2: 3 x Photographs: 1. Black and white photograph of two leaves, bottom (printed) 'Abutilon striatum and Abutilon thompsoni', back dated Dec 1926. 2. Black and white photograph of two leaves, bottom (printed) 'Begoinia Manicata and Begonia Manicta Varigata' 3. Photograph, hand-coloured showing two rows of three Barbarea vulgaris plants in soil. Pg. 3: 3 x Hand-coloured photographs/prints of a painting of a leaf section, two on white background showing 'Front' and 'Back' and one on a black background, all inscribed 'Dracaena Sanderiana, May [19]18' Pg. 4: 1 x Large watercolour on white paper of a whole single leaf, signed HCO, inscribed underneath 'Dracaena warwikii'. Pg. 5: 2 x Photographs and 1 x watercolour painting: 1. Photograph, hand-coloured, showing seedlings in a pot, back inscribed '4/21, Geram. Sti x Ede, 9 seeds 12/7/20, photo taken Feb 1912'. 2. Black and white photograph of two leaf stems. 3. Watercolour painting of three single leaves on stem, inscribed top ' Cobaea scandens', bottom 'early stage of seedling, late stage of seedling, type not dark enough'. Pg. 6: Page titled 'Hydrangea': 4 x photographs and 1 x watercolour painting (loose): 1. Black and white photograph of a hydrangea leaf. 2. Black and white photograph of a hydrangea leaf, with 'full green' and arrows. 3. Hand-coloured photograph of a hydrangea leaf, with 'full green' and arrows. 4. Hand-coloured photograph of a hydrangea leaf, with 'full green' and arrows, dated Oct [19]18. 5. Watercolour painting of a hydrangea leaf, signed HCO, back inscribed 'Hydr res Kew'. Was found loose but belongs with album. Pg. 7: Page titled 'Hydrangea': 2 x watercolour paintings of Hydrangea leaves, both signed HCO. Pg. 8: Page titled 'Hydrangea': 1 x watercolour painting and 2 x black and white photographs of leaves. Bottom photograph dated 1925. Pg. 9: 7 x watercolour paintings of hydrangea leaves on black backgrounds, one labelled 'back', one 'front', one signed HCO. 1 x hand-coloured photograph of a plant with red stems and red and green leaves. Pg. 10: Page entitled 'Pelagoniums': 2 x black and white photographs, 'Freak of nature', dated March 1925. Pg. 11: 2 x Black and white photographs, 'Freak of nature', 'which show flowering'. Pg. 12: 1 x Watercolour painting and 1 x sepia photograph: 1. Watercolour of a single leaf, inscribed 'Freak of nature 25/20 April 1924', signed HCO. 2. Sepia photograph of plant in pot, inscribed 'Fig. 2. green and white stems produced by "Freak of nature" both are perfectly fertile'. Pg. 13: 3 x Black and white photographs, pelargonium leaves and plant. Pg. 14: 1 x Sepia and 1 x black and white photograph, 'Caroline Schmidt' pergoniums, 1916. Pg. 15: 4 x Watercolours: 1. Watercolour on white card of single pelargonium leaf, signed HCO, dated Oct 1920. 2. Watercolour on white card of 4 pelaragonium leaved on branching stem, inscribed 'Caroline Schmidt 36/20, signed 'HCO, Sep 1921' 3. Watercolour on black card of a single pelargonium leaf, inscribed underneath 'Bauers A'. 4. Watercolour on black card of a single pelargonium leaf, inscribed underneath 'Caroline Schmidt 365 etc.' Pg.16: 3 x Black and white photographs: 1. Showing plant with partly white leaves. 2. Showing plant with partly white leaves, inscribd underneath 'g.o.w. growing from base a shoot partly white[?] partly white over green', back dated January 1923. 3. Leaves and roots, inscribed on right side, 'leaf of root cutting of Snow Queen or? leaf stuck in roots of infected plant', back dated 1924. Pg. 17: 2 x Black and white photographs of pelargoniums labelled 'Green sport from stem-shoots', '53/20. Back inscribed and dated August 1923. Pg. 18: 2 x Black and white photographs of pelargoniums, page inscribed 'Happy thoughts and ditto growing? yellows, green} shorter from base'. 1. Back inscribed and dated June 1922. 2. Back dated Sep 1923. Pg. 19: 2 x Watercolours: 1. Watercolour on black background on white card, sinle pelargonium leaf entitled 'Flower of Spring', dated 1917. 2. Watercolour of two pelagonium leaves, on black card, inscribed below 'Pelargonium 'Goldstein', younger leaf'. Pg. 20: Watercolour x1 and b &w Photograph x 1: 1. Watercolour of pelargonium leaf dated Jan 1923. 2. Black and white photograph of pel. leaves, inscribed below E.....? Brilliantisima?, back inscribed 'Golden Brilliantissima', 'see painting', dated Jan 1925. Pg. 21: 2 x Watercolours: 1. Five small watercolours on black card glued onto one sheet of white paper: each dep[icts a single pelargonium leaf, bottom right signed 'HCO'. 2. watercolour on white card depicting a pelargoniam sprig with three pink flower buds next to a single leaf, inscribed 'Mad Solleron Reversed', dated Oct 1919. Pg 22: 3 x Photographs: 1. Black & white photograph of pelargonium plant with roots attached, inscribed underneath '[....?] SSolleron leaf short noded', 'green leaf short noded sport on Salleron, non-flowering', back dated Sep 1926 and inscribed 'Salleron sporting long pointed [?] green'. 2. Sepia photogarph of pelargonium plant showing leaves from above, inscribed underneath 'Mme Salleron', back dated 1917. 3. Black & white photograph of two pelargonium plants labeled 'Mangle's Varigated', back dated Dec 1926. Pg 23: 3 x Watercolours of L Eleganti (Ivy leaf Pelargonium): 1. Watercolour on black card of a sprig of leaves of L Eleganti (Ivy leaf Pelargonium), signed 'HCO'. 2. Watercolour on black card of a single leaf of L Eleganti, inscribed underneath 'L Eleganti'. 3. Watercolour on black card of a single leaf of L Eleganti, Pg. 24: Watercolour x1 and Photograph x1: 1. Watercolour on card, black background, showing leaves and unopened buds of pelargonium, signed 'HCO', back inscribed ' Pelargonium, Mme Guillimond...' no date. 2. Black & white photograph of pelargonium with roots, inscribed 'Manglesin[?] sport esc Ballion [?]', back inscribed 'Mangles', dated Dec 1926. Pg. 25: 3 x Photographs: 1. B & w photograph of four Pelargonium seedlings in pots with numbered labels. 2. B & w photograph of three Pelargonium seedlings in pots with numbered labels, back dated June 1923. 3. B & w photograph of a Pelargonium plant against white cloth, inscribed underneath 'g.o.w. x white (green ticks)', back inscribed with details of cross and dated July 1924. Pg. 26: 2 x Hand-coloured Photographs and 1 x Watercolour: 1. Hand-coloured photograph of three Pelargonium seedlings in pots with numbered labels, back dated March 1926. 2. Hand-coloured photograph of two Pelargonium seedlings in pots with numbered labels. 3. Watercolour of a single pelargonium leaf, dated Dec 1926. Pg. 27: 2x Hand-coloured Photographs and 1 x Watercolour. 1. Hand-coloured photograph of four Pelargonium seedlings in pots with numbered labels, back dated March 19 2. Hand-coloured photograph of a single Pelargonium seedling, back inscribed enlarge 4 3/4 times, dated Nov 1925. 3. Watercolour on white card of a single Pelargonium seedling (as above), inscribed Pel x 4 3/4, dated Nov 1925. Pg. 28: 2 x Photographs: 1. B & w photograph of pelargonium plant in soil lower leaves white, back inscribed 'F.N. green x F.N. white (no green ticks)', dated July 1924. 2. B & w photograph of pelargonium plant in soil, inscribed underneath ' g.o.w. x white (green ticks)', back inscribed cross details 'green over white', dated July 1924. Pg.29: 1 x Watercolour and 1 x Photograph: 1. Watercolour on white card of a small pelargonium seedling, inscribed 'Pel, Snow Queenx yell. stem'. 2. B & w photograph of pelargonium plant against white cloth, inscribed underneath and back 'salmon fringed [....?] petalled' x White Freak of Nature'. Pg. 30: 2 x Photographs: 1. B & w photograph of three Pelargonium plants in pots, back dated June 1923. 2. B & w photograph of three Pelargonium from above, inscribed underneath 'print darker to show g.o.w sector', back dated June 1923. Pg. 31: 3 x Photographs: 1. B & w photograph of a single pelargonium leaf, back inscribed 'sewell'. 2. B & w photograph of two pelagonium plants in pots, back inscribed 'plants not v light, deepolive'. 3. B & w photograph of pot from above with Pelargonium seedlings, some white, back dated jan 1924. Pg.32: 2 x Photographs: 1. B & w photograph of ten pelagonium plants in pots, back inscribed 'Yellow screen, white background, dated April 1926. 2. B & w photograph of ten pelagonium plants in pots, back inscribed 'Yellow screen, grey background, with colour combinations for each pot, dated April 1926. Pg. 33: 3 x Photographs, Pelargoniums 'Salmon Fringed 312': 1. B & w photograph of a flowering pelargonium plant in a pot, back inscribed 'Pel Salmon Fringed, German [?]' dated March 1920. 2. B & w photograph of a flowering pelargonium plant in a pot showing label 'Pel Salmon Fringed', back inscribed name and gender labels, dated March 1920. 3. B & w photograph of a pelargonium plant in a pot, no flowrs, back inscribed 'Salmon fringed', dated April 1921. Pg. 34: 2 x Photographs and 1 x Watercolour Painting: 1. B & w photograph showing flowering tip of a pelargonium, labeled above, 'Pelargonium, Salmon fringed 1920'. 2. Hand-coloured photograph of a flowering tip (orange-red) and a single leaf of pelargonium. 3. Watercolour on white card of two single pelargonium leaves. Pg. 35: 3 x Photographs: 1. B & w photograph of two pelargoniums in pots from above, one much smaller in size, back dated June 1923. 2. B & w photograph of two pelargoniums in pots from the side, one much smaller in size, back dated June 192[3]. 3. B & w photograph of a flowering pelargonium plant in a pot, with label 'Double New Life', back inscribed 'Sesi 192[?]' Pg. 36: 5 x Photographs: 1. B & w photograph of two pots of Sedum acre 'Aureum'. Labelled 'Sedum acre aureum April 1927' underneath. 2. - 4. Three b & w photographs of Sedum acre aureum sprigs. 5. Hand-coloured photograph of Jasminum officinale variegatum in a pot. Pg. 37: 3 x Photographs: 1. B & w photograph of Veronica Buxbaumii variegata seedlings in a pot. 2. - 3. Two b & w photographs of Veronica Buxbaumii variegata larger seedlings. Pg. 38: 3 x Photographs: 1. Sepia photograph of tropaeolum (nastertium) in pot, no date. 2. Sepia photograph of tropaeolum in pot, no date. 3. Sepia photograph of maize plants in a field, labelled 'la Mais',

Admin History: Cat ref. entry: 3.2 Variegation 37pp, containing 39 watercolours, 59 b/w photographs, 10 hand coloured photographs. Mainly individual leaves or whole/ part plants, showing variegation in Hydrangea, Pelargonium. Also Abutilum, Begonia, Bararea, Dracaena, Cobaea, Ivy, Sedum, Jasmine, Veronica, Tropaeolum, Maize. Date range: Feb 1912 - 1927.