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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
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
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
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
Click for larger image from The floral cabinet and magazine of exotic botany (1837) Read more on this topic: Vintage Botanical Prints – 45 in a series – Begonia Continue Reading
Click for larger image from The botanist’s repository (1797) Read more on this topic: Vintage Botanical Prints – 43 in a series – Gladiolus Longflorus from The Botanist’s Repository Continue Reading
Click for larger image from Curtis’s botanical magazine (1801) Mobot31753002852405 0017 Read more on this topic: Vintage Botanical Prints – 39 in a series – Rosa lutea (Austrian Rose) Continue Reading
Click for larger image from Traité des arbres et arbustes que l’on cultive en France en pleine terre Read more on this topic: Vintage Botanical Prints – 30 in Continue Reading