I absolutely love vintage botanical illustrations. And there’s no better reference and guide than Kohler’s Medicinal Plants, published in German in 1883. They are now in the public domain which means you can use them without paying royalties. I’ve also included a link so you can download them all too. Here’s a few plants I love …
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“Köhler’s Medicinal Plants is an abbreviated English rendering of the book title Köhler’s Medizinal-Pflanzen in naturgetreuen Abbildungen mit kurz erläuterndem Texte : Atlas zur Pharmacopoea germanica etc.. This is a German rare medicinal guide published by the company Franz Eugen Köhler from 1883 to 1914 in Gera. The first complete edition in three volumes was published in 1887. It was mainly written by Hermann Adolph Köhler (1834-79), edited by Gustav Pabst, and contains some 300 full-page chromolithography plates by the illustrators Walther Otto Müller, C.F. Schmidt, and K. Gunther.”
Wikipedia

Calendula officianalis

Cocos nucifera

Citrus aurantium

Lavandula angustifolia

Iris germanica

Picea abies
Download the volumes here:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/623#/summary
Do you love vintage illustrations? Hard not too really!