Part of the Botanical Art Exhibition held at the Emerald Museum by Emerald U3A Botanical Artists, featuring trees and shrubs of the Nobelius Heritage Park circa October 2012.The object is artistic, historic and socially significant as it was part of the 2012 Botanical Art Exhibition held at the Emerald Museum circa October 2012. The exhibition featured trees and shrubs of the Nobelius nursery which was opened by the 'renowned botanical artist' Kay Craig. The drawings of the exhibition were all drawn by members of the Emerald U3A.Watercolour painting featuring bud, flowers and seed-pod of Wisteria Sinensis, mounted and and protected for displayFront labelled “10”, rear labelled “Wisteria Sinemsis, Watercolour and pencil, for Botanical Art Project, Donated to Emerald Museum Nobelius Heritage Park, by Delphine Passmore Sept 2012”watercolour, painting, u3a, emerald, museum, wisteria sinensis, nobelius

Robert Fortune introduced 190 species of Chinese plants to Britain and the West.This article gives a brief background to some of the plants originally from China, that can be seen in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens.2 pages of print in columns. The first page has three pictures of plants on the lefthand side with a floral background. The second page has a floral backround on the righthand side.Nonejohn garner, doctor john garner, ballarat botanical gardens, friends of ballarat botanical gardens, robert fortune, china, wisteria sinensis, azaleas, reeves collection, john reeves., john garner collection, gardens, ballarat