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Vaccinium myrtillus

Species of plant

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Images referencing Vaccinium myrtillus

6 images from works
  • 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.

Works from the collections

6 works

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

    | Date: 1836 | Reference: 27506i
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    Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.

    John Edward Sowerby | Date: 1861 | Reference: 24543i
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    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.

    Sheldrake, Timothy, active 1740-1770. | Date: [1759] | Reference: 18204i
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    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.

    Henry Noel Humphreys | Date: [1856] | Reference: 24643i
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    St. Peter's wort, cassioberry bush, myrtle-leaved sumach and candleberry tree. Coloured engraving by H. Fletcher, c. 1730, after J. van Huysum.

    Jacob van Huysum | Date: [1730] | Reference: 20578i
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Related topics

Botany
Ericaceae
Plants, Cultivated
Plants, Ornamental
Bilberry

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