This beautiful vintage illustration of holly and berries is from a book of poetry titled Gems from Bryant, 1904. Click on image to enlarge.
Botanical
Chinese Cherry Flowering Branch
This stunning vintage image of a “flowering branch of double white Chinese Cherry (Cerasus Serrulata)”. 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.
Free Vintage Image ~ Purple Corn-Flower
The petals of this purple corn-flower are actually more pink than purple in the original vintage image I scanned. The image is from is Wild Flowers of America, published July 17, 1894. Click on image to enlarge.
Free Vintage Image ~ Flowering Ground Ivy
This blue flowering Ground Ivy vintage image is from the booklet Wild Flowers of America, published July 17, 1894. Click on image to enlarge.
Free Vintage Image ~ Berries and Leaves Postcard
Here is a shabby vintage postcard of berries and leaves. I think the berries are blackberries. A similar old postcard with raspberries is available on my blog here. Click on image to enlarge.
Mushrooms Page and Clip Art
This page includes four types of mushrooms. It’s from The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening – A Practical and Scientific Encyclopaedia of Horticulture, edited by George Nicholson, circa 1885. Here are black and white clip art versions of each variety of mushroom from the page.Agaricus Muscarius (Fly Agaric) Agaricus Procerus (Parasol Mushroom) Agaricus Gambosus (St. George’s…
Vintage Raspberry Clip Art
This well-aged advertisement for a 15 cent pamphlet on Canning and Preserving is from the November 1891 issue of The Delineator magazine. And here’s the cleaned-up image of the raspberries from the ad. Click on images to enlarge.
Free Vintage Image ~ Raspberries Postcard
After I scanned this vintage postcard of a cluster of raspberries for you, I was going to clean it up and make it look new’ish but I ended up leaving it (mostly) like it was after my initial scan because I think the vintage character and bit of grungy-ness is gorgeous. Click on image…
Vintage Tuck’s Wild Berries Post Card
This vintage Tuck’s wild berries post card is great for fall projects. The postcard is number 9959 in the Tuck’s Oilette series. Click on image to enlarge.
Common Mushroom Vintage Illustration
Here is a great illustration of the common mushroom from an 1878 agricultural magazine. Click on image to enlarge.
FREE Digital Images ~ Wild Flowers 1894
Here are two more floral images from the booklet Wild Flowers of America, published July 17, 1894.Star-Grass: Common Flea-Bean: Click on images to enlarge.
Cranberry and Water Plantain
Here are two botanical images from the booklet Wild Flowers of America, published July 17, 1894.Cranberry: Water Plantain: Click on images to enlarge.
