Shakespeare's Flowers

This set consists of six cards, five of which are illustrated here; the artist is Hilda M. Coley. The cards are all identical on thebacks. "SHAKESPEARE'S FLOWERS Copyright: The Medici Society, Ltd., London. Art Publishers by Appointment. Engraved and printed in Great Britain (Published in the United States by Hale, Cushman & Flint, Inc., Boston, Mass.) Pkt. No. 40."

There is no indication of the date of publication, but one of the cards has a postmark June 17, 1944.



Shakespeare's Flowers. The marigold, that goes to bed wi' the sun, And with him rises weeping. The Winter's Tale, Act IV. Scene 5.


Shakespeare's Flowers. There's fennel for you, and columbines: here's rue for you:---we may call it herb-grace o' Sundays. Hamlet. Act IV. Scene 5.


Shakespeare's Flowers. The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem For that sweet odour which doth in it live. Sonnet 54.


Shakespeare's Flowers. Where honeysuckles, ripen'd by the sun, Forbid the sun to enter. Much Ado About Nothing. Act III Scene 1.


Shakespeare's Flowers. And lady-smocks, all silver-white, And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue- Love's Labour's Lost. Act V. Scene 2.