Polygonatum Giganteum (Solomon's Seal), Plant Specimen from 1878 Herbarium handmade figure dated on the underside

dated on the underside

though the beautiful quality of that tiny bit of text recalls the handwriting of an earlier era

customs and costumes

where this industry had just been shut down

Just a beautiful thing

Polygonatum Giganteum (Solomon's Seal), Plant Specimen from 1878 Herbarium handmade figure dated on the undersideI have a fantasy that one day at a flea market I'll uncover a beautiful antique herbarium that's been sitting in the bottom of a box for 150 years or so filled with page upon page of perfectly documented pressed and dried plant specimens. Alas, this has yet to happen, but I did recently find a seller with a nice bunch of them all by a N. N. Jones, and I just went back to her for a few more. This one is Polygonatum Giganteum, also known as King