Handmade Manuscript "Seed Catalogue" -- Twenty-Five (25) Handwritten Horticulture Riddles
United States: 1902. A handmade "Seed Catalogue" with twenty-five (25) handwritten gardening-themed riddles. The answer to each is a different plant (i.e. "seed"). The questions are written in neat ink manuscript, and the answers are written in pencil, showing that it was a gift given to a friend or family member. The top of the first page reads, "What shall the harvest be". Some of the riddles and answers include:
2. Plant part of a rooster - Coxcomb
6. Plant Grandfather's clock - Thyme
8. Plant an American writer - Hawthorn
13. Plant the place where a criminal stands in court - Dock
15. Plant a hole in a kettle - Leek
21. Plant a fashion book - Ladies' delight
25. Plant a broker - Stock
Three (3) lined notebook leaves loosely secured at left-hand edge with two pink silk ribbons, chromolithograph image of flowers hand-cut and pasted onto the front with the title "Seed Catalogue 1902" written in ink manuscript on the front. Measures 10" by 8" Very good. Some dust soiling, a couple nicks/short tears/spots.
Price: $250.00
Item #23000393