Tiarella Cordifolia (Foamflower) Plant Specimen from 1879 Herbarium ww1 history and I've learned the pinks

and I've learned the pinks are in fact pretty rare

box measures 3 1/4" x 4 3/8" x 1 3/8"

which I think may have previously been the case

and it is a super useful one

While the tile shows its age in the form of scratches to the surface revealing the red clay below the glaze

Tiarella Cordifolia (Foamflower) Plant Specimen from 1879 Herbarium ww1 history and I've learned the pinksI have a fantasy that one day at a flea market I'll uncover a beautiful antique herbarium that's been sitting in the bottom of a box for 150 years or so filled with page upon page of perfectly documented pressed and dried plant specimens. Alas, this has yet to happen, but I did recently find this and one other (listed separately) herbarium pages, I'd guess removed from a larger volume. This one is Tiarella Cordifolio (or foamflower), a flowering