Antique c1840 engraving, The Flower Garden. "Next after the blessed bible, a flower garden is to me the most eloquent of books—a volume teeming with instruction, consolation, and reproof" from "The Snow-drop" by Charlotte Elizabeth. Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna (1790-1846) was a popular Victorian English writer and novelist who wrote as Charlotte Elizabeth. SOURCE: ORIGINAL ENGRAVING.

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