Flower encyclopedia

@amandaherzman // witches weeds, poisonous (and other) plants used in spells, potions and poisons 🌿i’ve come across the concept of witches weeds a few times in my botanical wanderings, above are a few of my favorites. a word of warning - every plant above except for enchanter's nightshade are poisonous plants. please do not go foraging for these plants, some of them can even create symptoms just by touching or breathing in near the plant. this was reformatted to fit instagrams square, for…

I posted a black and white vintage clip art illustration of a beautiful Hydrangea a few days ago. In response to my post, I received a request to share the information about hydrangeas from the book. That information is covered on these two pages. In addition to the hydrangea, there is gardening information on a few...Read More

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Flowers of the Bogland, illus. Hilda M. Coley. Arthur Mee ed., The Children’s Encyclopedia, (London: The Educational Book Company, circa 1920).

Image from the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, published in Russia,1890-1907. Most images best viewed in the original (largest) size. The book copyright has expired, so these images are in the public domain.