Close-up of a specimen of snow plant, ca.1920 (CHS-5719)

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Summary[edit] Description: English: Close-up of a specimen of snow plant, ca.1920 Photograph of a close-up of a specimen of snow plant, ca.1920. The plant, growing in an area covered in snow, has hanging flowers and a thick stem.; "The Snow Plant is a Saprophytic herb which blooms in May-July from Baja California north to Oregon and east to Nevada in the high Coniferous forests above 4,000'. It is a member of the huckleberry and blueberry family but it lacks chlorophyll. It secures its food from decaying organic matter in the soil. It is a beautiful treasure to find. Stalks are edible when cooked like asparagus; however this plant is rare and is protected by law." -- unknown author. Call number: CHS-5719 Filename: CHS-5719 Subject (file heading): Botany -- Flowers -- Assorted Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 Type: images Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections Format: glass plate negatives Microfiche number: 1-82-212 Archival file: chs_Volume84/CHS-5719.tiff Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Format (aacr2): 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Project: USC Accession number: 5719 Repository email: specol@usc.edu Contributing entity: California Historical Society Date created: circa 1920 Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries Format (aat): photographic prints; photographs Legacy record ID: chs-m14053; USC-1-1-1-14212 Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. Coverage date: circa 1920 Subject (lcsh): Flowers. Date: circa 1920 date QS:P,+1920-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 (date created). Source: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll65/id/13614. Author: Unknown authorUnknown author.