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To eyeball 1847 Queen Victoria's Wedding Portrait with Myrtle Crown.

Further Resources:

Gardens and Plants of the Getty Villa by Patrick Bowe and Michael DeHart.

Ancient Herbs in the J Paul Getty Museum Gardens by Jeanne D'Andrea.

Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius (and Joseph Dommers Vehling).

Ancient Roman Villa Gardens by Elisabeth Blair MacDougal and Wilhelmine F Jashemski.

A Pompeian Herbal: Ancient and Modern Medicinal Plants by Wilhelmina Feemster Jashemski and Lillian Nicholson Meyer.

The Mythology of Plants: Botanical Lore from Ancient Greece and Rome by Annette Gieseke.

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