From the book, Our sentimental garden by Agnes Castle and Egerton Castle (1914). Works Illustrated By Charles Robinson . There are many lovely pieces of art in this book and I will be sharing them over the next several weeks. You can download the entire book from the Internet Archive.
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Dazzling Dahlias – 43 in a series – Dahlia “Bantling” via Gardenia
Admire this eye-catching beauty, Dahlia “Bantling”, an exquisitely-formed Pompon Dahlia with magnificent vibrant orange flowers set against a dark green foliage. The exquisitely shaped globular flowers, up to 2-3 inches wide (5-7 cm), resemble lollipops and are among the cutest dahlia flowers. — Gardenia
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Historical Garden Books – 95 in a series – Beautify your yard by Conard & Jones Co. (1906)
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Captivating Cactus and Striking Succulents – 52 in a series – Pereskiva from The Cactaceae (1919)
Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington,1919-1923.
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from The floral cabinet and magazine of exotic botany (1837) via The Internet Archive
A slender climbing shrub, with a smooth round dark-green stem. The leaves are shining, of a dark-green colour on their upper surface, and a pale purplish- red beneath, the lobes serrulated at the base, and the serratures furnished with shortly stipitate glands ; the petioles round, with two small stipitate glands near the middle ; the stipules foliaceous, semi-cordate, somewhat tendrilled at the apex, and occasionally toothed towards the base. The peduncles are slender, axillary,’ and, like the rest of the genus, have an evident articulation beneath the flower. The calyx is crimson, the divisions of which are linear-oblong, obtuse. The petals in form and colour resemble the sepals, but are somewhat larger. The corona consists of a series of filamentous rays, the exterior of which are tipped with white. These elegant appendages of the flower are somewhat ambiguous in their nature : they have been considered by some as abortive stamens ; while Dr. Lindley is disposed to regard them as a peculiar modification of petals.
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Garden Leaves: Magnolia grandiflora
Spotted in a neighbor’s yard during our evening walk. Even the leaves of this tree are large and dramatic, just like its flowers.
Often we focus on the flowers of our garden plants while ignoring the leaves that provide then background and structure for those blooms to shine. Let’s give the leaves their due in the next few photos.
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Historical Seed Catalogs – 78 in a series – Compliments of Miss Emma V. White (1918)
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From the book, Our sentimental garden by Agnes Castle and Egerton Castle (1914). Works Illustrated By Charles Robinson . There are many lovely pieces of art in this book and I will be sharing them over the next several weeks. You can download the entire book from the Internet Archive.
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from Bouquet from Flower pictures (1914) by Maude Angell via the Internet Archive
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