

No. 80 of 100 · The Botanical Series
Nettle-leaved Bellflower
Pictures by Jacob SturmWords by Carl Lindman
A nettle-leaved bellflower in soft lavender blue, from a 1901 Nordic flora whose plates drew on Jacob Sturm's engravings, carries a simple Thinking of You inside. This bellflower is also known as throatwort, because it was once used to soothe sore throats. For someone on your mind.
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Inside, it says
THINKING OF YOU
On the back
From the great botanical books of the 1700s to the 1900s / NETTLE-LEAVED BELLFLOWER / Campanula trachelium / Bellflowers ring a quiet blue in woods and hedges. This one is also called throatwort, because it was once used for sore throats. / Billeder af Nordens Flora, 1901 / From the Danish edition of Carl Lindman's Nordic flora, its gentle plates based on Jacob Sturm's little engravings of a century before. / NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN / BOTANICAL SERIES · THINKING OF YOU / No. 08/8
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