'Lychnidea Caroliniana floribus...' mb-artist Sayle A poem in Punch

A poem in Punch

Middlesex'

Also showing traffic on the bridge and boats on the River Thames

Before the bonfire is lit the children and nursesplay ring-a-roses round the base which is 50 yards round

'Lychnidea Caroliniana floribus...' mb-artist Sayle A poem in PunchBotanical study of Phlox carolina, described by John Martyn in the Historia Plantarum Rariorum (1728 ) and reproduced there as plate 9, (sponsored by Johann Caspar Scheutzer). From a specimen grown at Chelsea Physic Garden, probably from originals gathered by Mark Catesby. Inscribed in ink 'Lychnidea Caroliniana foribus quasi umbellatim dispositis folio lucidis crassis acutus, Martyn. H. R. P. D.' Not signed. Watermarked 'LVG.' Original: watercolour