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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.

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.

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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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.