Common sawwort (Serratula tinctoria): two flowering stems and two separate leaves of different forms. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.
- Bradbury, Henry, 1831-1860.
- Date:
- [c. 1867]
- Reference:
- 23682i
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Description
Sawwort leaves with alum give a green or yellow dye for wool, the plant was formerly used in medicine for wounds and piles
Publication/Creation
[Edinburgh], [c. 1867] (London : Bradbury & Evans, patentees, Whitefriars)
Physical description
1 print : nature print, printed in 2 colours ; platemark 49.4 x 28 cm
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Lettering
Compositae, (Juss) Serratula tinctoria, L. common saw-wort. printed in colours by Bradbury & Evans, patentees, Whitefriars, London.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 23682i
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