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This testament to the storied history of flowers contains all 104 engravings from the Hortus Floridus of 1614. All are the work of 17th century engraver Crispin van de Pass, and the original text describes the blooms in detail from roots to flowers. My favorite engraving shows a spring garden filled with flowering bulbs. I first saw it as a silkscreen reproduction in an exhibition at the New York Botanical Garden’s LuEsther T. Mertz Library, and, as a gardener, I felt a sense of reverence.
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