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Seven garden plants, including an orchid and a fuchsia: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

Bilberry plant (Vaccinium myrtillus L.): flowering and fruiting stems with separate floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.

Eight British wild flowers, including teasel (Dipsacus sativa), devil's bit scabious (Succisa pratensis) and sheep's bit scabious (Jasione montana). Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.

St. Peter's wort, cassioberry bush, myrtle-leaved sumach and candleberry tree. Coloured engraving by H. Fletcher, c. 1730, after J. van Huysum.

Seven garden plants, including an orchid and a rhododendron: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1835.

Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.

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Vaccinium myrtillus

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Seven garden plants, including an orchid and a fuchsia: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.

Bilberry plant (Vaccinium myrtillus L.): flowering and fruiting stems with separate floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.

Eight British wild flowers, including teasel (Dipsacus sativa), devil's bit scabious (Succisa pratensis) and sheep's bit scabious (Jasione montana). Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.

St. Peter's wort, cassioberry bush, myrtle-leaved sumach and candleberry tree. Coloured engraving by H. Fletcher, c. 1730, after J. van Huysum.

Vaccinium myrtillus

Images from the collections

Images about Vaccinium myrtillus

Works from the collections

Seven garden plants, including an orchid and a fuchsia: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.

Bilberry plant (Vaccinium myrtillus L.): flowering and fruiting stems with separate floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.

Eight British wild flowers, including teasel (Dipsacus sativa), devil's bit scabious (Succisa pratensis) and sheep's bit scabious (Jasione montana). Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.

St. Peter's wort, cassioberry bush, myrtle-leaved sumach and candleberry tree. Coloured engraving by H. Fletcher, c. 1730, after J. van Huysum.

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