John Lewis Childs 1890 Floral Park — Vintage Postcard

This postcard reproduces the 1890 cover of John Lewis Childs's “New, Rare & Beautiful Flowers” catalog: a bouquet of tiger lily, roses, carnations, narcissus, and lily of the valley spills across a view of the ornamental balustrade at Floral Park, Queens, the nursery grounds Childs built his mail-order business around.

• Size: 10×15 cm
• Paper density: 350 g/m²

The garden steps in the background are a real place — worth a mention if you're sending this to a fellow postcrossing garden-history fan.