Name/Title

Fonds

Entry/Object ID

1111.709.0001

Scope and Content

Report of the wild flower contests among school children to bring in the first blossom of spring. The recollection consists of 5 pages of handwritten text and 4 pages of illustrations. There is also a brief list of sources and a cover page. The illustrations are color photographs measuring 5 inches x 4 3/4 inches of pink laddy's slipper, trillium, violets, wild iris. The author of the recollection signs himself "Russ B. C.", Russell B Coombs who has been a noted flower gardener on island as an adult.