This page, titled SEA-SIDE AMUSEMENTS, is filled with a wonderful variety of seashells. There is another page of sea shells, that includes Figures 1 – 23, on my blog here. The page is from Cassell’s Household Guide Volume II, circa 1869. Click on image to enlarge. The following is a description of the figures:24. Tridacna squamosa (Lamarck)25….
Archives for August 19, 2014
On The Wall Top 2 ~ Free Kate Greenaway Image
ON THE WALL TOP. SO high – so high on the wall we run, The nearer the sky – why, the nearer the sun. If you give me one penny, I’ll give you two, For that’s the way good neighbours do. This vintage storybook image and poem, On The Wall Top (spelling and grammar as it is…
Aquilegia Glandulosa Flower ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is a beautiful vintage floral illustration. The scientific name for this flower is Aquilegia Glandulosa. The common name is Altai Columbine or Granny’s Bonnets. The image is from the Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening – A Practical and Scientific Encyclopaedia of Horticulture, edited by George Nicholson, circa 1885. Click on image to enlarge.
