Galium Trifidum (Bedstraw) Plant Specimen from 1878 Herbarium Sara Ishikawa the raven is a sacred

the raven is a sacred figure in Northwest Coast native cultures

so there are quite a bunch here

just really striking

next to the artist’s name is writing in pencil

not missing a thing

Galium Trifidum (Bedstraw) Plant Specimen from 1878 Herbarium Sara Ishikawa the raven is a sacredI 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 a seller with a nice bunch of them all by a N. N. Jones, and I just went back to her for a few more. This one is Galium trifidum, also known as three petal