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Two leafy stems with fruit, one is possibly of Boston ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata). Watercolour.

Ivy leaves. Pen and pencil drawings.

English ivy (Hedera helix): stem with flowers, fruit and leaves. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.

Various leaf forms, including succulent and compound. Watercolour by H. Cowell.

Collection of blue flowers and ivy leaves. Watercolour.

Ilex aquifolium (Holly) Hedera helix (Ivy)

A bracket fungus (Trametes suaveolens): two fruiting bodies growing on wood and a separate one sectioned. Watercolour by R. Baker, 1897.

Ivy leaves. Watercolours.

The ivy : a monograph comprising the history, uses, characteristics, and affinities of the plant, and a descriptive list of all the garden ivies in cultivation / by Shirley Hibberd.

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Hedera

Images from the collections

Images referencing Hedera

Works from the collections

The ivy : a monograph comprising the history, uses, characteristics, and affinities of the plant, and a descriptive list of all the garden ivies in cultivation / by Shirley Hibberd.

Various leaf forms, including succulent and compound. Watercolour by H. Cowell.

Ivy leaves. Pen and pencil drawings.

Collection of blue flowers and ivy leaves. Watercolour.

A bracket fungus (Trametes suaveolens): two fruiting bodies growing on wood and a separate one sectioned. Watercolour by R. Baker, 1897.

Hedera

Images from the collections

Images referencing Hedera

Works from the collections

The ivy : a monograph comprising the history, uses, characteristics, and affinities of the plant, and a descriptive list of all the garden ivies in cultivation / by Shirley Hibberd.

Various leaf forms, including succulent and compound. Watercolour by H. Cowell.

Ivy leaves. Pen and pencil drawings.

Collection of blue flowers and ivy leaves. Watercolour.

A bracket fungus (Trametes suaveolens): two fruiting bodies growing on wood and a separate one sectioned. Watercolour by R. Baker, 1897.

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