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The Dahlia
Pictures by Mary Altha Nims
A single coral dahlia by Mary Altha Nims opens above the words Wishing You a Wonderful Birthday, with a wish inside for a day of sunshine, smiles and the people you love most. Nims was a nineteenth-century American painter of garden flowers, and her watercolours still hold the freshness of a summer morning. For anyone with a birthday to celebrate.
Add four of your own photos and your own words; we print the card in the US and post it for you.
Inside, it says
May today be filled with sunshine, smiles and the people you love most.
On the back
Mary Altha Nims (1817-1907) was an American / painter of garden flowers whose watercolours / keep the freshness of a summer morning.
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