Take a look at the image on the left. This 16th-century Flemish manuscript features naturalistic borders. Those images of nature anticipate the genre of still life, seen in the image on the right: a 16th-century manuscript that preserves a multitude of botanical specimens in careful detail.
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And may your plants never be over- or under-watered!