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. |