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Collector: Anna Barss-Bailey
Date: 18th May, 2024
Specimen: Bleeding Heart from Adele's garden.
Botanical Process: Paper soaked in alum with iron paper sandwich.
It reminds me of my mother and grandmother's garden. I used to recite a rhyme about the different parts of the flower as every day items - slippers, perfume, earrings. I don't remember the rhyme specifics and I haven't met anyone else who does.
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