This vintage catalog listing includes a brief description of, and pricing for, a variety of gourds, including: mixed gourd, nest egg gourd, dishcloth gourd, dipper gourd, mock orange, calabash or pipe gourd and heavenly blue ipomea. The packets, for any variety, were priced at 5 cents each. The ad includes an illustration of a variety…
Archives for October 6, 2017
Sycamore Leaf Botanical Vintage Clip Art
Here is a vintage botanical illustration of a sycamore leaf and fruit. In reference to the fruit, the article in the book states, “One venerable author describes the arrangement as “fruit fastened together by couples, one right against another, with kernels bumping neere to the place in which they are combined: in all the other…
