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Craftsman’s Plant-Book, The (page 1/2)

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Pictures from The Craftsman’s Plant-Book by Richard George Hatton, Chapman and Hall, London, 1909.

Richard Hatton’s dates are 1864-1926; the book fell out of copyright at the end of 1996.

The images are mostly redrawn from old herbals.

Title: Craftsman’s Plant-Book, The

Author: Hatton, Richard G.

Published by: Chapman and Hall

City: London

Date: 1909

Total items: 9

Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.

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Book Inscription

Opposite the bookplate there is a hand-written inscription: [more...] [$]

322.—Apple Tree. Pyrus Malus. C. S.

The apple tree makes a rounder head than the pear-tree and is not so erect. The flowers are in umbels, whereas those of the Pear are in corymbs. Nevertheless the corymbose formation is often present, but less straggling than in the Pear. The leaf is more oblong, and is bluntly serrated. The stipules are long and tepering, and produce a ragged effect. [...] [more...] [$]

323.—Pear.

A texture of leaves and fruit from 1565. [more...] [$]

Title Page Detail: Basket of Flowers

This woodcut of a basket or tub of chrysanthemums and I think roses is in a mediaeval style, and appeared as a page decoration on the title page of the book. [more...] [$]

Cork Oak, Quercus Suber

Cork Oak Quecus Suber [$]

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