|| vintage botanica ||

 

Vintage Botanica illustrations are some of my very favorite imagery.

The attention to detail of the representations are not only informative but posses a unique lovliness. I collect herbalism, botanical, and gardening books and many of them have beautiful full color images of the plants in study. These images are some I have collected while meandering cyber space as I do not have digital versions of my print collection.  

 

 

 

 

 

 



|| thistle ||

 

 

 

In Scottish lore, it is said that the invading Viking King Haakon of Norway and his army were stopped by the thistle. In order to take advantage of the sleeping Scots, they planned to attack during the cover of darkness. In order to do so, they went barefooted. The Highlanders were awoken when one unlucky Viking stepped on the thorns of a thistle and cried out. Thus undoing the surprise, Haakon and his men were pushed back and defeated.

 

I think it's a charming story, that one spinose flower undid an army.