noelbadgespugh:

Bumblebees & Blackberry Blossoms . . illustration for a book, Field Guide to the Common Bees of California, with Gretchen LeBuhn of the Great Sunflower Project (www.greatsunflower.org) . . being published by UC Press as part of their series, California Natural History Guides.

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Lilac taken from: Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe

Louis van Houtte (1810–1876)

Scan of original book from Botanicus

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n188_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

The conchologist’s text-book,.
Edinburgh,A. Fullarton;1833..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15915628

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