Galium Trifidum (Bedstraw) Plant Specimen from 1878 Herbarium Sara Ishikawa Three of the them are

Three of the them are removable

Blue cloth lettered in gold

the raven is a sacred figure in Northwest Coast native cultures

not missing a thing

and the handle on the lid of the box appears a bit tilted

Galium Trifidum (Bedstraw) Plant Specimen from 1878 Herbarium Sara Ishikawa Three of the them areI have a fantasy that one day at a flea market I'll uncover a beautiful antique herbarium that's been sitting in the bottom of a box for 150 years or so filled with page upon page of perfectly documented pressed and dried plant specimens. Alas, this has yet to happen, but I did recently find a seller with a nice bunch of them all by a N. N. Jones, and I just went back to her for a few more. This one is Galium trifidum, also known as three petal