Antique botanical plate of green ivy with leafy stem, yellow-green flower clusters, dark berries and dissected flowers and seeds on cream

The words HAPPY ANNIVERSARY in spaced olive-green capital letters on a cream background — Inside: four of your photos stand up below this, with your note.

Ivy (Thomé)

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A sprig of ivy, drawn by Walter Müller for Otto Wilhelm Thomé's 1903 flora, opens to a simple Happy Anniversary inside. Because ivy holds on and stays green all year, the language of flowers made it a sign of fidelity, and it was woven into bridal bouquets. For the one you have held on to through the years.

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Inside, it says

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

On the back

From the great botanical books of the 1700s to the 1900s / IVY / Hedera helix / Ivy holds on and stays green all year, so in the language of flowers it meant fidelity and lasting friendship, and it was woven into bridal bouquets. / Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, 1903 / Drawn by Walter Müller for Otto Wilhelm Thomé's great flora of Central Europe: each plant whole, with its flower, fruit and seed taken apart beside it.

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