smithsonianlibraries: The crowds may flock to Washington, DC for the National Cherry Blossom Festiva
smithsonianlibraries:The crowds may flock to Washington, DC for the National Cherry Blossom Festival around the tidal basin, but if you were to visit the same area a little bit after the last of the cherries, you should still find a number of crab-apple trees in full bloom around the FDR memorial. There is also a grove of crabapples lining the SE section of Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. Best part IMO – the pleasant fragrance is more noticeable than for the cherry blossoms. And less crowds – definitely less crowds!The image is an apple blossoms design by Alice Wllits Donaldson in Keramic studio, v. 12 (May 1910-April 1911). The journal of ceramics is full of more wonderful illustrations, so go take a look. You can read more about the journal, and the woman who founded it, on in this blog post from a couple years ago. -- source link
#oh gorgeous#botanical illustration