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Click for larger image This interesting class of plants is becoming more than ever popular and useful, for many of the varieties obtained now bloom so late, that the period Continue Reading
Click for larger image Key characteristics Herbaceous plants and shrubs; leaves alternate on the stem, either simple or divided; without stipules at the base of the leaf-stalk. The flower-stalks are generally Continue Reading
Not a vintage piece of the art, but rather something in a vintage style. I happened across it while searching the Smithsonian sites and thought it would make an appropriate Continue Reading
Click for larger image Polyanthus or Cluster Narcissus (Botanical: Narcissus tazetta), 1836. Pancrace Bessa (French, 1772-1846). Pencil and watercolor; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Continue Reading
Historical Garden Books – 147 in a series – American Gardener: a treatise on the situation, soil, and laying out of gardens, on the making and managing of hot-beds and Continue Reading
Click for larger image from Malus domestica from Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection (1910) Read more on this topic: Vintage Botanical Prints – 7 in a series – Vintage Continue Reading
Historical Garden Books – 146 in a series – The principles of vegetable-gardening (1901) by L. H. (Liberty Hyde) Bailey Available in PDF, Text, JPG formats, and more PART I Continue Reading
Click for larger image from Nederlandsch bloemwerk (1794) via The Internet Archive Read more on this topic: Vintage Botanical Prints – 47 in a series – Alcea fyriaca Continue Reading
Historical Garden Books – 145 in a series – The gardener and the cook (1913) by Lucy H. Yates Available in PDF, Text, JPG formats, and more Publication date 1913 Continue Reading
Click for larger image from The florist and pomologist (1879) Read more on this topic: Vintage Botanical Prints – 40 in a series – Nymphæa alba var. rosa from Continue Reading