{"product_id":"the-floral-getting-card-collection","title":"The Floral Greeting Card Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection of eight greeting cards features four different designs of vintage floral imagery, presenting the names, family trees, and emotions associated with our earth's most beautiful blossoms. Printed in England on a light cream, 300 gsm carbon-neutral Italian paper, made from 100% recycled post-consumer waste. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese cards are 170 mm x 120 mm (approximately 5\" x 7\") and blank inside, individually wrapped in a compostable wrapper made from plants, with a 100% recycled, 110gsm kraft envelope.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWild Flowers: \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAdapted from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTabulae Phytographicae\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Johannes Gessner (1795). Swiss scientist Gessner was a follower of Carl Linnaeus and enlisted the help of painter and engraver Christian Gottlieb Geissler to produce this twenty-four volume work illustrating Linnaeus’s plant family codification system.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFlower Families: \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eGreeting card illustrating families of flowers and how they are related. \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eAdapted from \u003cem\u003eFlowers of Coast and Sierra\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e1928\u003c\/span\u003e) by American botanist and illustrator Edith S Clements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLanguage of Flowers: \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGreeting card illustrating flowers and their associated emotions. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAdapted from an Edwardian postcard illustrating 18 different flowers and their symbolic meaning. The idea that a flower could represent a particular sentiment was popular in Victorian times. Garden Museum collection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClasses of Linnaeus: \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eDouble-sided greeting card illustrating Carl Linnaeus’s classes of plants. \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eAdapted from a hand-coloured, early twentieth century illustration. Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) classified plants according to his ‘sexual system’ which formalized the naming of organisms and revolutionized scientific taxonomy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Reader's Catalog","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42363761262638,"sku":"05-PBFGC","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0891\/0192\/files\/wild-flowers.jpg?v=1779295929","url":"https:\/\/shop.nybooks.com\/products\/the-floral-getting-card-collection","provider":"The Reader's Catalog","version":"1.0","type":"link"}