Flowers have always been a favorite subject for Cy DeCosse.  He has photographed a wide variety of flowers, those growing in the fields and gardens of the Midwest and exotic blooms from other parts of the world.  He discovered that, in addition to being beautiful, many of these flowers have interesting stories connected with them: Greek and Egyptian myths, traditional Native American and Persian legends, tales recounted in the Bible and ancient Chinese texts. 

In this series, each flower photograph comes with a special booklet that explains its history and tales connected with it.  Printed in gum dichromate by Keith Taylor, these flowers take on a special painterly beauty appropriate to their mythic stature.