Kapitaal bloemstuk: Flowers in a Greek terracotta vase with shells on a ledge

See for a detailed identification of all the species represented in the composition the drawing and enumeration by Dr. Sam Segal. We are grateful for his help in cataloguing this lot

1 Mountain Laurel Kalmia latifolia 2 Old Velvet Rose Rosa centifolia cv. Tuscany 3 Alpine Bells Campanula cf. cochleariifolia 4 Purple Heather Erica cinerea 5 Aaron's Beard Hypericum calycinum 6 Astrantia Astrantia major 7 "Turkish" Turban Cup Ranunculus asiaticus plenus 8 "Persian" Turban Cup Ranunculus asiaticus subplenus 9 Purple Rhodondendron Rhodondendron ponticum 10 Larkspur Consolida ambigua subplena 11 Sour Orange Citrus aurantium 12 Orange Hawkweed Hieracium aurantiacum 13 China Rose Rosa indica violacea plena 14 Moss Rose Rosa x centifolia cv. Muscosa a Mourning Cowry, Indo Pacific Cypraea mauritiana b Rough Limpet, Caribean Acmaea scabra c Turban Shell, Indonesia-Australia Turbo marmoratus d Narrow Strombus, East Africa Strombus aurisdaniae(?) e Olive Shell, Indo-Pacific Oliva oliva