Botanical model of a glume of rye (secale cereale) by Robert Brendel

Botanical model of a glume of wheat (secale cereale) by Robert Brendel.
Papier-mâché, wood.
Germany.
Before 1900.
h. 21,2 in.

A papier-mâché model of a glume of rye (secale cereale), made in Robert Brendel's workshops at the end of the 19th century for use in teaching botany at German universities.

The secale cereale didactic model is listed in the ‘Preisliste über Botanische Modelle... von R. Brendel' of 1900, at no. 13a, in the II? section of the catalogue dedicated to “Angebaute, landwirtschaftlich wichtige Pflanzen”, i.e. Cultivated plants important to agriculture.

Sources

Preisliste über Botanische Modelle gefertigt und herausgegeben von R. Brendel, Berlin, 1900.