Brassica campestris (Wild turnip), Plant Specimen from 1879 Herbarium Haitian landscape painting the loose ends could be

the loose ends could be cut off if desired

with the only challenge being picking a favorite pose and then fixing it in place with a couple of strategically placed little nails--under a knee or foot for example

they look just fabulous on the kitchen counter

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Brassica campestris (Wild turnip), Plant Specimen from 1879 Herbarium Haitian landscape painting the loose ends could beI 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 Brassica campestris, also known as Wild Turnip.