Gallery›Wellcome Collection›Carolina kidney bean plant (Phaeolus sp.) and virginian silk plant (Periploca sp.). Coloured engraving by H. Fletcher, c. 1730, after J. van Huysum.
Carolina kidney bean plant (Phaeolus sp.) and virginian silk plant (Periploca sp.). Coloured engraving by H. Fletcher, c. 1730, after J. van Huysum.
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Carolina kidney bean plant (Phaeolus sp.) and virginian silk plant (Periploca sp.). Coloured engraving by H. Fletcher, c. 1730, after J. van Huysum.

http://data.europeana.eu/agent/18301 · 1730

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Lettering: Phaseoloides, frutescens Caroliana foliis pinnatis floribus cæruleis conglomeratis carloina kidney bean tree vulgos. Periploca foliis oblongis virginian silk vulgo. Jac. Van Huysum del. H. Fletcher sculpt.

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