Vintage hibiscus blossoms

Wordless Wednesday at enclos*ure -- Hibiscus blossoms, ca. 1900-15, Detroit Publishing Co., via Library of CongressPalm Beach, Florida, ca. 1900-15, by Detroit Publishing Co., via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Where the hibiscus flares would cymbals clash. . . .

— Grace Hazard Conkling, from “Symphony of a Mexican Garden