The Haunted Garden

Sheryl Humphrey's book "The Haunted Garden: Death and Transfiguration in the Folklore of Plants" is an informal collection of mysterious old botanical myths and legends. Book is available at https://www.etsy.com/listing/118819081 .

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William Trost Richards (American, 1833-1905)

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Early Morning, 1825, Samuel Palmer. English Romantic Painter (1805 - 1881) - Pen and Brush in Sepia -

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Autochrome of a woman in a tree, Russia by Peter Ivanovich Vedenisov c.1910

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Over five decades before James and the Giant Peach.  From John Dough and the Cherub by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by John Neill, 1906.

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Self // Summer 2015 ..

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The Haunted Wood Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal (1829–1862) National Trust, Wightwick Manor

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Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe, 1923, Harry Clarke

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Moon landscape with owl on willow trees by Carl Strathmann

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Carlos Schwabe (1866-1926), ‘Disegno’ “Emporium”, #63, 1900 Source

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Louis Fleckenstein - Woman Praying Amidst Trees, 1907-1943

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Fleurs sombres

Photo by Patrick Kinmonth  : 17th century lead tulips

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Jean-Noël Duru From “Crépuscules”

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Florentine Playing Cards. Francesco di Domenico, 1547.

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Still Life with Wild Strawberries, Adriaen Coorte, 1705, Mauritshuis Museum

This little still-life is a miracle of simplicity. On a stone tabletop, a few strawberries lie in front of a dark background. A stalk is hanging over the edge, and a white flower sticks up out of the fruit. The seeds of the red strawberries are indicated by dots of white paint. Little is known of Adriaen Coorte except that he probably lived in the city of Middelburg. He was unknown for a long time, until he was rediscovered in the second half of the twentieth century and his paintings became very popular.

https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_1106.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp

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In your beauty lives again Elaine, the lily maid, love dreaming at Astolat. LILLIAN GISH in WAY DOWN EAST (1920)

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Salvador Dalí aka Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech (Spanish, 1904-1989, b. Figueres, Spain) - Crisalida (Femme À La Tête De Fleurs, Le Bras Droit Levé), 1958, Paintings: Oil on Plexiglass