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Lavender Retirement Card

Pictures by Walter Müller·Words by Franz Eugen Köhler

A full lavender plant, with its flowers and seeds set out like specimens, drawn by Walther Otto Müller for Köhler's 1887 guide to healing plants, and inside, a simple wish to enjoy your retirement. Lavender may take its name from the Latin for to wash, as it once scented Roman baths, and its calm scent belongs to long, slow summer days. For someone starting a well-earned rest.

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Inside, it says

ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT

On the back

From the great botanical books of the 1700s to the 1900s / LAVENDER / Lavandula angustifolia / Its name may come from the Latin lavare, to wash, as it scented Roman baths. Its calm scent is the smell of long, slow summer days. / Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, 1887 / From Franz Eugen Köhler's guide to the healing and useful plants, drawn by Walther Otto Müller and his colleagues with every part set out like a specimen.

A card for

• Retirement