About this objectBook of pressed flowers collected from named Crimean battlefields and other places of interest by Arthur Walker, dated April 1856, given to Lady Hornby, May 1856. (13 plant specimens, not named, plus packet of moss). there are 28 pages.
Contents of book: (Note: flower names are not given, only location from which they were collected) Endpaper: Crimea April 1856 (opposite in a different hand) To Lady Hornby April 1856 p.1: Battle field of Alma p.2: Battle field of Inkermann p.3: Battle of the Tchernaya p.4: British "Right Attack" p.5: Sardinian Cemetery - Eastern Heights of Balaclava p.6: Naval cemetery. Leander Bay p.7: Cathcart's Hill Officers' cemetery. p.8: British "Left Attack" p.9: Valley of the "Shadow of Death" p.10: Valley of Baidar p.11: (untitled) p.12: Malakhoff Tower. p.13: Vineyard Cemetery
