No. 9 of 9 · The Botanical Series

Wild Pinks

Pictures by Anne Pratt

A little posy of wild pinks from Anne Pratt's Victorian botanical book, with a simple thank you inside. Pinks take their name from their frilled petals, which look as if they were cut with pinking shears, and the colour pink was later named after the flower. For someone whose kindness you want to remember.

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

THANK YOU

On the back

From the great botanical books of the 1700s to the 1900s / WILD PINKS / Dianthus / Pinks were named for their frilled petals, which look as if cut with pinking shears. The colour pink was later named after the flower, not the other way round. / The Flowering Plants of Great Britain, 1873 / By Anne Pratt, one of the best-loved Victorian botanical writers and artists, who painted wild flowers gathered into little posies. First published in 1855.

A card for

• Thank you
• Just because
• Mother’s Day