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Botanical print of a Dog Rose. Accession number 1990.11.2130
These two examples of the Dog Rose, Latin name 'Rosa canina', are both from the Botany collections at World Museum. The first is a print of an early illustration of a Dog Rose. The second is an example of an actual pressed specimen of Dog Rose. This is called a herbarium specimen, and it was collected in Bourton, Dorset on 28 June 1919.
Dog Rose botanical specimen. Accession number 1993.80.7919
The botany collections at World Museum are of both scientific and historical importance and are used as a reference tool by experts all over the world.