Chromolithographs of flowers, just as pretty as the ones growing in the meadow at the top of the hill. Imagery from the 1866 work “Der Führer in die Pflanzenwelt. Hülfsbuch zur Auffindung und Bestimmung der wichtigsten in Deutschland wild wachsenden Pflanzen.” Written mostly by Emil Postel, it was published by the school bookstore of F.G.L. Gressler, Langensalza, Thurungia (Germany).

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Adonis vernalis. Frühlings Adonis. (Spring adonis). Frontispiece, Image 7 of Emil Postel’s 1866 work Der Führer in die Pflanzenwelt. Hülfsbuch zur Auffindung und Bestimmung der wichtigsten in Deutschland wild wachsenden Pflanzen.” Written mostly by Emil Postel, it was published by the school bookstore of F.G.L. Gressler, Langensalza, Thuringia. Julius Beltz, Langensalza, printer. Collections of the New York Botanical Society LuEsther T. Mertz Library via the Biodiversity Heritage Library and the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/derfhrerindiep00post/page/n7/mode/1up
Primula minma. kleinste Primel. (Primrose). Image 144 of Emil Postel’s 1866 work Der Führer in die Pflanzenwelt. Hülfsbuch zur Auffindung und Bestimmung der wichtigsten in Deutschland wild wachsenden Pflanzen.” Written mostly by Emil Postel, it was published by the school bookstore of F.G.L. Gressler, Langensalza, Thuringia. Julius Beltz, Langensalza, printer. Collections of the New York Botanical Society LuEsther T. Mertz Library via the Biodiversity Heritage Library and the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/derfhrerindiep00post/page/n144/mode/1up
Trifolium rubens. Langjähriger rother Bergklee. (Perennial red mountain clover). Image 290 of Emil Postel’s 1866 work Der Führer in die Pflanzenwelt. Hülfsbuch zur Auffindung und Bestimmung der wichtigsten in Deutschland wild wachsenden Pflanzen.” Written mostly by Emil Postel, it was published by the school bookstore of F.G.L. Gressler, Langensalza, Thuringia. Julius Beltz, Langensalza, printer. Collections of the New York Botanical Society LuEsther T. Mertz Library via the Biodiversity Heritage Library and the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/derfhrerindiep00post/page/n290/mode/1up 336. Juni – VL. Strauder und Aranter in Rabelwalbe
Sträucher und Kräuter im Nadelwald Number 265 (Shrubs and herbs in the coniferous forest). Image 346 of Emil Postel’s 1866 work Der Führer in die Pflanzenwelt. Hülfsbuch zur Auffindung und Bestimmung der wichtigsten in Deutschland wild wachsenden Pflanzen.” Written mostly by Emil Postel, it was published by the school bookstore of F.G.L. Gressler, Langensalza, Thuringia. Julius Beltz, Langensalza, printer. Collections of the New York Botanical Society LuEsther T. Mertz Library via the Biodiversity Heritage Library and the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/derfhrerindiep00post/page/335/mode/1up
Melampÿrum nemorosum blauer Kuhweizen (wood cow-wheat). Image 428 of Emil Postel’s 1866 work Der Führer in die Pflanzenwelt. Hülfsbuch zur Auffindung und Bestimmung der wichtigsten in Deutschland wild wachsenden Pflanzen.” Written mostly by Emil Postel, it was published by the school bookstore of F.G.L. Gressler, Langensalza, Thuringia. Julius Beltz, Langensalza, printer. Collections of the New York Botanical Society LuEsther T. Mertz Library via the Biodiversity Heritage Library and the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/derfhrerindiep00post/page/n428/mode/1up

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