Here is a vintage clip art seed packet for Regal Lilac Larkspur seeds. The illustration on the front of the packet includes an illustration of two stalks of blossoming lilac-colored larkspur flowers and a price mark of 15 cents. The package was printed for F. Lagomarsino & Sons of Sacramento, California. The back of the…
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Free Vintage Clip Art Squash Seed Packet
Here is a vintage clip art seed packet for Summer Squash seeds. The illustration on the front of the packet includes a ripe golden yellow colored squash on the vine. An abstract sketch of a garden is in the background. The package was printed for the Card Seed Co. of Fredonia, N. Y. The back…
Free Vintage Clip Art Tomato Seed Packet
Here is a vintage seed packet for Livingston’s Beauty Pomedoro Grosso Tomato seeds. The illustration on the front of the packet includes two ripe red tomatoes with a garden and a farmhouse in the background. The package was printed for the Card Seed Co. of Fredonia, N. Y. The back of the package includes directions…
Free Vintage Printable Wild Strawberry
Here is a vintage botanical illustration of a wild strawberry. I love illustrations of strawberries and I believe it’s because they bring back wonderful memories from my early years. Wild strawberries grew abundantly in the forest surrounding the farm where I lived for the first chapter of my life. My sisters and I would often…
Ferry’s Seeds Advertisement
This vintage magazine advertisement for Ferry’s Seeds claims that “If you buy Ferry’s Seeds your garden may be a collection of finest specimens” for the seeds were thoroughbred, “true to type and of tested vitality and productiveness”. The ad includes a lovely illustration of a Victorian lady, on a cobblestone path in her garden, carrying…
Cabbage Clip Art
This vintage catalog listing includes a description of, and pricing for, a Drumhead Savoy cabbage. The ad states that this cabbage was specially adapted to be grown in the fall and when allowed to be touched by frost, was one of the most delicious of all vegetables. Here is a black and white clip art…
Harvest Display of Wheat, Fruit and Vegetables
This wonderful vintage fall display features a sheaf of wheat standing tall and centered between groupings of harvested fruits and vegetables. The display of wheat, fruit, and vegetables is nestled in a valley between small hills while a large barn, or perhaps a manufacturing plant, is in the distant background. Here is a black and white…
Early Rose Globe Radish
Here is a vintage clip art illustration of an Early Rose Globe Radish. I scanned the original image from the Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening – A Practical and Scientific Encyclopaedia of Horticulture, edited by George Nicholson, circa 1885. Here is a cleaner black and white version of the radish. Click on images to enlarge
Vintage Floral French Seed Label
This beautiful vintage French seed label features an illustration of four colorful flowers. The description on the label is Belle de Nuit Variee which, according to an online translation, is Beautiful Night Variee in English although I’m guessing Variee can further be translated to Variety. When researching the name of this flower, I was fascinated to learn that some flowers…
Variety of Gourds
This antique book page features a description for, and an illustration of, each of the following types of gourds: Crown or Custard Gourd, Large Yellow Gourd, Naples Gourd, Nutmeg Gourd of Marseilles and a Patagonian Gourd. Here is a black and white clip art version of each gourd illustration from the page. The page is from…
French Seed Label Carnation
Here are two beautiful French vintage seed labels for carnations. The first label includes an illustration of four carnations, each a different color. The description on the label is Oillet de Fleuristes Double, nain, hatif, varie. The second label features a single white carnation. The description on the label is Oillet Double Blanc. This type…
Raspberry Plant
Here is a page from a vintage gardening catalog that features detailed information and prices for raspberry and gooseberry plants as well as a brief price list of a variety of vegetable plants and roots available for purchase through the catalog. Included on the page is an illustration of a fruiting raspberry plant. Here is…
