From Wiener Revue, 1946.

From The Scarlet Letter yearbook (Rutgers, 1915).  See How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

By Franz Sedlacek for Die Muskete, 1924.

Old Man Winter glowers at the pansy Spring.  From Jugend, 1909.

Here's the Moon Flower from Tilton's Annual Illustrated Catalogue of Seeds, 1893.

The dove of peace is actually a general with its own arsenal of verbena cannons that fire four-leaf clovers.  (But you probably already knew that.)

"Flowers are blooming in Miami Florida while the snow is gently falling in the north."

From Fortezza Reale del Cuore Humano, 1628.

It's been said that "every person is a flower" (A. J. Rolls, Open the Safe of Thoughts for Success).  Our image is from Goodell's Seeds, Bulbs, Rare Water Lilies, Roses, and Other Plants, 1900.

Here's some two-dimensional nature, a precursor to the "superflat" art movement, from Flashlights on Nature by Grant Allen, 1899.

"Divination by a daffodil" -- how the flower can presage your death.  From English Illustrated, 1890.

From Clever Clarence and Other Funny Stories and Pictures, 1855.

The Comic Language of Flowers

Peppermint — Warmth of feeling.

White Chrysanthemum — Truth.

Cosmelia rubra — The charm of a blush.

Larkspur — Lightness.

Maidenblush Rose — If you love me you will find it out.

Mallow — Mildness.

Indian Jasmin — I attach myself to you.

[From Judy, Or The London Serio-Comic Journal, 1882.]

The eye in the pyramid begins life as a polyhedron.  From Alpine Flowers for English Gardens by W. Robinson, 1870.

From The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco and illustrated by William Nicholson, 1922.

From As We See 'Em by Anthony Anderson, 1900.