The Duke Fairest Flowers In The World (ACC# N106) set is a 50 card set issued around 1888. The cards pair a famous actress of the day with a flower surrounded by a floral design on the fronts. There are seven different border designs in this set. The backs have an unnumbered, non-alphabetical checklist. These cards were found packaged in the Honest Long Cut brand.
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Fairest Flowers In The World (50)
- Apple Blossom/Louise Paulin
- Auricula/Belle Archer
- Buttercups/Mollie Fuller
- Carnation/Annie Robe
- Catchfly Flower/Miss Willetts
- China Pink/Effie Shannon
- Clustered Bell/Georgia Cayvan
- Cowslip/Jennie McNulty
- Cudweed/Muss Spear
- Dahlias/Mme. Cottrelly
- Daisy/Maud Branscombe
- Dandelions/Rita Hart
- Dragon Lily/Miss Engel
- Edelweiss/Sadie Martinot
- Forget-Me-Not/Miss Lewis
- Fuchsia/Grace Henderson
- Gentian/Lillian Russell
- Golden Ragwort/Geraldine Ulmer
- Grass Pinks/Leila Farrell
- Hepatique/Josie Hall
- Hyragranda/Isabell Evesson
- Jonquils/Miss Ilga
- Lady Washington Flower/Helen Standish
- Lilacs/Fannie Rice
- Lychnis Aplina/Nettie Guyon
- Mistletoe/Eveleen Rayne
- Morning Glory/Ruth Stetson
- Nasturtium/Jennie Satterlee
- Pansies/Isabelle Urquhart
- Pink Geranium/Nannie Carter
- Poppies/Mrs. J.B. Potter
- Primrose/Mrs. Langtry
- Purple Daisy/Ada Rehan
- Raspberry Blossoms/Kate Uart
- Red Cactus/Fay Templeton
- Rhododendron/May Fortescue
- Rose/Laura Burt
- Single Pinks/Adelaide Emerson
- Sweet Fern/Miss Dutailley
- Tube Rose/Theresa Vaughn
- Tulip/Hattie Delaro
- Violet Asters/Isabelle Irving
- Violets/Mrs. Edith Kingdon-Gould
- Wild Field Carnation/Cora Tanner
- Wild Rose/Estelle Clayton
- Wild Verbena/Agnes Miller
- Witch Hazel/Lillian Grubb
- Yellow Bachelor’s Button/Miss Billie Barlow
- Yellow Cactus/Pauline Hall
- Yellow Wind Flower/May Newmann
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