1977.212: Crimean Flowers

Dublin Core

Title

1977.212: Crimean Flowers

Creator

Parker, Fred W.

Date

1856

Description

An album of forty-one pressed flowers gathered in Crimea in the first spring after the Crimean war. Each page includes one specimen and a handwritten caption identifying where it was gathered.

The flyleaf is inscribed:
"Mrs. Neville Parker/
with Freddy's love /
Wildflowers collected in the Crimea in the Spring of 1856 /
by Fred W. Parker /
Ninety-Seventh Regiment /
Anglesey Parracks /
Portsmouth /
15/10/56 "

Citation

Parker, Fred W. , “1977.212: Crimean Flowers,” Charlotte County Archives Database, accessed April 19, 2025, https://charlottecountyarchives.omeka.net/items/show/4431.